Grotto of the Dancing Deer

Ten tales of wonder, danger, and the future-including the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning title story-from the Science Fiction Grand Master. Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories contains ten stellar short tales by Clifford D. Simak, "e;the most underrated great science fiction writer alive"e; (Theodore Sturgeon). In the title story, a man carrying an ancient secret finally speaks up, unable to bear any longer the loneliness he has experienced for millennia. In "e;Over the River,"e; which Simak wrote in memory of his beloved grandmother Ellen, children from an embattled future are sent back for safekeeping to their ancestors in the peaceful past. And in "e;Day of Truce,"e; the inhabitants of a suburban subdivision must barricade themselves against bands of roving attackers. On only one day each year do the gates open wide . . . Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this ebook. The third author to be honored as a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), Clifford D. Simak also received three Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, an International Fantasy Award, and a Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award.