{"product_id":"the-big-front-yard-and-other-stories-volume-2-paperback","title":"The Big Front Yard: And Other Stories Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClifford D. Simak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid W. Wixon\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTales of the unknown in which a fix-it man crosses into another dimension--and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hiram Taine is a handyman who can fix anything. When he isn't fiddling with his tools, he is roaming through the woods with his dog, Towser, as he has done for as long as he can remember. He likes things that he can understand. But when a new ceiling appears in his basement--a ceiling that appears to have the ability to repair television sets so they're better than before--he knows he has come up against a mystery that no man can solve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, \"The Big Front Yard\" is a powerful story about what happens when an ordinary man finds reality coming apart around him. Along with the other stories in this collection, it is some of the most lyrical science fiction ever published. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this book.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his fifty-five-year career, Clifford D. Simak produced some of the most iconic science fiction stories ever written. Born in 1904 on a farm in southwestern Wisconsin, Simak got a job at a small-town newspaper in 1929 and eventually became news editor of the \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e writing fiction in his spare time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Simak was best known for the book \u003ci\u003eCity\u003c\/i\u003e, a reaction to the horrors of World War II, and for his novel \u003ci\u003eWay Station. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 1953 \u003ci\u003eCity\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the International Fantasy Award, and in following years, Simak won three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award. In 1977 he became the third Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and before his death in 1988, he was named one of three inaugural winners of the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760598909216,"sku":"9781504039451","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a553ea1ca0555a65baaa0133986de89d.webp?v=1780184405","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-big-front-yard-and-other-stories-volume-2-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}