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This series of stories contain more than meets the eye. Read carefully and think deeply. You will be left changed.
“One world and then another, running like a chain. One world treading on the heels of another world that plodded just ahead. One world’s tomorrow, another world’s today. And yesterday is tomorrow and tomorrow is the past…�
“� Like two dogs walking in one another’s tracks. One dog steps out and another dog steps in. Like a long, endless row of ball bearings running down a groove, almost touching, but not quite. Like the links of an endless chain running on a wheel with a billion billion sprockets�.�
“� A thick thing and a final thing. For there was no past. There was no going back. No going back to find out about the things that Jenkins talked about � the things things that might be truth or twisted memory warped by seven thousand years. No going back to check up on the cloudy legends that hold about a house and a family of websters and a closed dome of nothingness that squatted in the mountains far across the sea.�
This series of stories contain more than meets the eye. Read carefully and think deeply. You will be left changed.
“One world and then another, running like a chain. One world treading on the heels of another world that plodded just ahead. One world’s tomorrow, another world’s today. And yesterday is tomorrow and tomorrow is the past…�
“� Like two dogs walking in one another’s tracks. One dog steps out and another dog steps in. Like a long, endless row of ball bearings running down a groove, almost touching, but not quite. Like the links of an endless chain running on a wheel with a billion billion sprockets�.�
“� A thick thing and a final thing. For there was no past. There was no going back. No going back to find out about the things that Jenkins talked about � the things things that might be truth or twisted memory warped by seven thousand years. No going back to check up on the cloudy legends that hold about a house and a family of websters and a closed dome of nothingness that squatted in the mountains far across the sea.�
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May 28, 2022 11:30AM
Oh, I almost picked up a used hardback edition of a Simak yesterday! Should I go back for it? It was part of the $1 or 5/$3 book cart sale. What do you think about his concepts and execution of themes employed?
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Short answer: YES GO GET IT!! His concepts are heart-warming, interesting and thought-provoking and his execution is just right. Every time I read Simak it stays with me. Not only for days, but for years.
Thanks Jayson but I don’t write reviews :)
Lizz wrote: "Thanks Jayson but I don’t write reviews :)"Welcome
Agreed. Total masterpiece
That's one my "read someday" list.
I give it my highest recommendation. I’m STILL thinking about the ideas from that story
Oh I love books like that. Where they stay in your thoughts for days, weeks, months, even years later. I gotta bump this book up in the list!
Lovely review. My husband picked up City on Kindle last month. So, I'll be reading it this year for the first time. I haven't seen an actual physical copy at our local bookstore yet, I'm on the lookout for one. I love the above cover art.
I hope you enjoy it too Julie :)
Thanks Vickie. I got my copy about 15 years ago at a used book store. Different cover art. I really love the one above too.
