The Big Front Yard: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D)
Simak, Clifford D. D.; Wixon, David W.
Language: English
Published by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., 2016
Series: Book 2 of 14 - The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak
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- Title
- The Big Front Yard: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D)
- Author
- Simak, Clifford D. D.; Wixon, David W.
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1504039459
- ISBN 13
- 9781504039451
- Item weight
- 363 grams
- Dimensions
- 13.34 centimeters width by 20.32 centimeters height by 2.11 centimeters depth
- Series
- Book 2 of 14: The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak
Hiram Taine is a handyman who can fix anything. When he isn’t fiddling with his tools, he is roaming through the woods with his dog, Towser, as he has done for as long as he can remember. He likes things that he can understand. But when a new ceiling appears in his basement—a ceiling that appears to have the ability to repair television sets so they’re better than before—he knows he has come up against a mystery that no man can solve.
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, “The Big Front Yard” is a powerful story about what happens when an ordinary man finds reality coming apart around him. Along with the other stories in this collection, it is some of the most lyrical science fiction ever published.
Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this book.
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About the Author
Simak was best known for the book City, a reaction to the horrors of World War II, and for his novel Way Station. In 1953 City was awarded the International Fantasy Award, and in following years, Simak won three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award. In 1977 he became the third Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and before his death in 1988, he was named one of three inaugural winners of the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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