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The Visitors

By: Clifford D. Simak
Narrated by: Gary Noon
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An enormous, mysterious box descends upon small-town Minnesota, spelling trouble for the world, in this classic adventure from a Science Fiction Grand Master.

Forestry student Jerry Conklin is fly-fishing when something huge lands on his car, crushing it into the earth. It looks like a big black box-about fifty feet high and two hundred feet long-and the object stirs up quite a commotion among the townspeople of Lone Pine, Minnesota. One of them even shoots at it-and quickly pays for it with his life.

Around the country, people scramble to determine what exactly the box is. Is it a machine? Or maybe a sentient being? What does it want? They have no way of knowing.

Jerry, meanwhile, has firsthand knowledge after the visitor abducts him. Then, just as he discovers it is a living, intelligent creature, it releases him into the darkness of night.

As Jerry searches for a way back to civilization, more visitors descend upon Earth. They seem harmless enough. Then they begin eating trees, and that's only the beginning . . .

©1979, 1980 Clifford D. Simak (P)2024 Tantor Adventure First Contact Genre Fiction Science Fiction Small Town & Rural Thriller & Suspense
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Simak produced some great science fiction and this is no exception. The story is well developed and has all the classic Simak ingredients. Gary Noon does a really excellent narration.

Excellent reading of Simak classic

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Seemed like a good story. Started off ok then went precisely nowhere. Spoiler alert. This is book one that simple dribbles to an inconclusive end and there is no book two! If I’m honest, even if there was a book two I wouldn’t waste a credit on it.

A slow and boring story.

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