SEVEN CLASSICS FROM SIMAK COUNTRY. Thrilling and intriguing tales of space travel and alien encounters, from the multiple Hugo Award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction, Clifford D. Simak. A collection of seven science fiction stories by an author who won a Nebula and three Hugo awards and received the Nebula Grand Master award in 1977. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master, and the Horror Writers Association made him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. Contents: * Introduction (Immigrant and Other Stories) • essay by Francis Lyall * Neighbor (1954) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak: A newcomer to a run-down farm brings peace and prosperity to the community, but powerfully resists inquiries. * Green Thumb (1954) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak: A surprise encounter with an alien plant enables Simak to extend his respect and affection for individuals far beyond the merely human. * Small Deer (1965) / short story by Clifford D. Simak: A letter written to a professor discloses a startling new theory about how the dinosaurs disappeared - and why it matters to mankind today. * The Ghost of a Model T (1975) / short story by Clifford D. Simak: A mysterious vintage car takes an old man back over fifty years, and for the ride of his life. * Byte Your Tongue! (1981) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak: A bored and underutilised computer assigned to the Senate daydreams his job away when he is swamped by a sea of gossip. * I Am Crying All Inside (1969) / short story by Clifford D. Simak: A weary and outdated robot shoulders the burden of human sorrow when he learns how the loafers, misfits, poor and crippled were all left behind when the rich and healthy found better worlds. * Immigrant (1954) / novella by Clifford D. Simak: The planet Kimon is a galactic El Dorado. There are few who do not dream of going there, and fewer still who make the grade, but none who ever return... .