No Life of Their Own Audiobook Libro.fm

Twelve classic tales of the unknown from the Hugo and Nebula Awardwinning author of Way Station

Clifford D Simak had a sublime ability to evoke a lost way of life He spent his youth in rural Wisconsin a landscape filled with mysterious hollows cliffs dark forests and the Wisconsin River flowing in its deepcut valley As Simak wandered the countryside and the ridges he peopled them with imaginary characters who later came to life in his stories One such individual is Johnny the orphaned farm boy of The Contraption who stumbles upon a wrecked starship and receives a priceless gift from its owners Another is the old prospector Eli whose surprising discoveries on Mercury get him killed in Spaceship in a Flask In Huddling Place a man with paralyzing agoraphobia is the only one who can save the life of a dear friend on Marsif he can bear to make the trip And in the title story aliens slowly take over Earth while humans leave it behind and head for the Homestead Planets