* Historical background * biography of the author * list of other first-contact books The famous 1940 short story by Harry Bates that inspired the two movies "The Day the Earth Stood Still." The humanoid alien Klaatu and the giant robot Gnut suddenly materialize in Washington, D.C., in a time-travel space ship. Two unfathomable beings from somewhere else in the universe. The murder of Klaatu ruins Earth’s attempt to peacefully welcome the first interstellar visitors. And one man tries to solve the mystery of why Gnut remains silent, imperious, and unassailable.
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Hiram Gilmore "Harry" Bates III (October 9, 1900 – September 1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer. His short story "Farewell to the Master" (1940) was the basis of the well-known science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry\_B... see also under the following pen-names: Anthony Gilmore (with D.W. Hall) A.R. Holmes H.G. Winter (with D.W. Hall) Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
