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Title: A CHOICE OF GODS by Clifford D. Simak ISBN: 0-345-29868-3 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 January, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Down-to-earth humanity and depth of philosophy
Comment: When I first started reading Simak over 30 years ago it was primarily for his nostalgic, bucolic settings and the refreshing down-to-earth humanity of his characters. This book has both of those features in abundance. Only now, am I coming to truly realise the depth and breadth of Mr. Simak's philosophy. It is a philosophy than runs true in all of his books (at least I believe that I've managed to track down and read them all.) It is a philosophy of humanity over technology and progress. It is the idea that sometime in the past humanity made the wrong decision, took the wrong path. Yet, here and there, there are a few isolated oddballs and misfits who have somehow managed to remain human, even though it must put them at odds with the majority. As for the breadth of his thinking, this book alone touches on so many things, my favorite things: love of ancestral homes and the land, good stewardship of the land and it's creatures, American Indians, astral travel, telepathy, God and the soul.... Even his "Dark Walker" shows a true understanding of Jungian Shadow. And there is always the "twist", the new idea, such as aliens and robots with more humanity to them than most of the human race. What's more, Simak always leaves you with a feeling of hope, though sometimes it is a bitter sweet hope.
Sometimes I think that perhaps Simak wasn't speaking so much of this world, but that he was intuiting a better world for humane spirits on the other side....
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Simak's best
Comment: This is one of my favorite books by Simak. As usual, the detail of the characters themselves is somewhat sparse. Simak wastes no time in getting right to the plot, and that is what I like about his books. He can pack more story into a 200-page book than some authors do in several 500-page books. This book is a story of Earth in the future, when most of humanity has been mysteriously taken from Earth, but a few people are still left on Earth. The people that are left barely age, living thousands of years, and are able to teleport themselves to other planets (a concept also visited in Simak's "Time is the Simplest Thing"). After 3,000 years, Earth is rediscovered by the people that were taken away from it.
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Title: City by Clifford D. Simak ISBN: 0441106277 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: January, 1984 List Price(USD): $2.75 |
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Title: Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak, Harry Harrison ISBN: 0749303530 Publisher: Arrow (A Division of Random House Group) Pub. Date: 05 July, 1990 |
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Title: The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak ISBN: 0881848972 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak ISBN: 0843904801 Publisher: Tower & Leisure Sales Co Pub. Date: July, 1977 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: A Heritage of Stars by Clifford D. Simak ISBN: 0399119469 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1977 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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