{"product_id":"the-ghost-of-a-model-t-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Ghost of a Model T: And Other Stories - 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 nostalgia and loss in a world overrun by technology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hank is walking home from the bar when the Model T pulls alongside him. It's been decades since he saw a car this old, and the sound of it takes him right back to his twenties. The door is open, and when he climbs in, the car takes off--without a driver. Before he knows what's happened, Hank is right back at Big Spring Pavilion, where he spent his youth drinking bootleg whiskey and chasing pretty girls. He will find the past is not quite as he remembered it, but still a lovely place to go for a drive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection includes some of the finest short fiction Clifford Simak ever wrote, including \"City,\" the story that became the basis for his beloved novel of the same name. In the history of science fiction, no author has ever better understood that the Great Plains and the cosmos are closer together than we think. \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":51760598679840,"sku":"9781504039468","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e2c9686513b659815112f41a883ea63c.webp?v=1780184405","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ghost-of-a-model-t-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}