6/11/2023 0 Comments City by Clifford D. Simak![]() ![]() Sense a theme? Yar, the aliens quite grow on you. ![]() There are plenty of grassy knolls to stroll down, idea-wise, and enough new horticultural discoveries to confound any social scientist. The title may be referring to a bible passage, but I wouldn't take too much *stalk* in that. ![]() Suffice to say, it's full of lots of surprises and a wild alien invasion and discovery, time travel, alternate earths, action, betrayal, and a satisfactory end. Simak won't lead me astray and won't disappoint. How many impenetrable domes encapsulate small towns in SF, anyway? Stephen King did it twice, first in Tommyknockers and then in The Dome, but is there a direct line connection to this tale or how far back does the concept go? I was worried that I've already read this book before, albeit from later incarnations by later authors, but. This novel happens to be one of Simak's most firmly grounded in modern ('60's modern) society, and that's the expectations I had when I began reading.Īnd then we've got our WTH moment. It's 1965, so there's a general sense of small town glorification and everymen are everywhere. ![]()
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