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Cemetery World and Destiny Doll
Brave explorers encounter a dangerous new world and a terrifying future Earth in these two classic novels by the pioneering SFWA Grand Master.
Cemetery World
After a disastrous planet-wide war, Earth is nothing more than an elite graveyard—but Fletcher Carson is venturing back in search of a vital bounty. Fletcher, a former artist, is joined by a sentient machine, an ancient, powerful robot, and a treasure-seeking beauty. They soon discover that Earth harbors more than the carefully groomed tombstones. In the wild land beyond the cemetery there are dangerous machines, mutant creatures, and even humans who never left their home planet.
Destiny Doll
When a team of explorers is beckoned to a strange planet, it closes around them like a Venus flytrap. Assailed by strange perils and even stranger temptations, the small group struggles to survive as, surrounded by creatures of myth and mystery, they are stalked by a deadly nemesis. Even more peculiar is the little wooden painted doll that offers them salvation . . . or damnation.
Cemetery World
After a disastrous planet-wide war, Earth is nothing more than an elite graveyard—but Fletcher Carson is venturing back in search of a vital bounty. Fletcher, a former artist, is joined by a sentient machine, an ancient, powerful robot, and a treasure-seeking beauty. They soon discover that Earth harbors more than the carefully groomed tombstones. In the wild land beyond the cemetery there are dangerous machines, mutant creatures, and even humans who never left their home planet.
Destiny Doll
When a team of explorers is beckoned to a strange planet, it closes around them like a Venus flytrap. Assailed by strange perils and even stranger temptations, the small group struggles to survive as, surrounded by creatures of myth and mystery, they are stalked by a deadly nemesis. Even more peculiar is the little wooden painted doll that offers them salvation . . . or damnation.
- GenresScience Fiction
464 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2022
About the author
Clifford D. Simak
983 books1,102 followers"He was honored by fans with three Hugo awards and by colleagues with one Nebula award and was named the third Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in 1977." (Wikipedia)
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April 2, 2023
Classic Simak
Which means formulaic sci-fi, but entertaining, nonetheless. Most of Simak's stories are Quest-based, usually including at least one man, one woman, one alien, and one robot. All transported to an unfamiliar planet trying to solve some mystery, and upon completion, boy gets girl.
But dammit, they entertain! And these two novels aren't the exception. It was good to revisit them.
Which means formulaic sci-fi, but entertaining, nonetheless. Most of Simak's stories are Quest-based, usually including at least one man, one woman, one alien, and one robot. All transported to an unfamiliar planet trying to solve some mystery, and upon completion, boy gets girl.
But dammit, they entertain! And these two novels aren't the exception. It was good to revisit them.
August 18, 2023
Simak is the best
Two more great tales from a master of science infiction. Destiny Doll is the better of the two in my opinion, with an ending you can't predict.
Two more great tales from a master of science infiction. Destiny Doll is the better of the two in my opinion, with an ending you can't predict.
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