Time Is the Simplest Thing
by Simak, Clifford D
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On Feb 7, 2008, FrankatGloucester said
Imagine a world like ours. Government is lower key, hardly noticed, more like that of the 1920s. Science has failed. Oh, it still works, there are scientists and engineers. But the dream of space has been wrecked. Man is too frail for space, his machines too prone to fail. And so man never succeeds in moving to space. But there is another way. Magic, if you will. Or the extraordinary mental powers of the human mind that have never been developed. It depends on your point of view. With the aid of the scientific method, those powers have been isolated, grown into useable form. And one giant organization, Fishhook, has used them to reach the stars...sort of. Not as colonists, but artifacts can be retrieved, enough to be of commercial value...plants that grow steaks, medicines that can repair crushed and broken bodies to health, instantaneous transport to anywhere on the planet (but only on the planet. But as everything is that duality of good and evil, so is Fishhook. For the first instinct of any organism or organization is to survive unto uselessness (and perhaps especially to try to survive past any use). And one faction of Fishhook, to preserve its monopoly on the use of the paranormal powers of the mind, is willing to stir up the fears of magic, of witches and warlocks, to the lynching of those who would use those powers outside of Fishhook. A new dark age of superstition sweeps the country, the night is again a frightful thing, full of goblins and what the paranormal can do. But organizations are mortal. And the methods of Fishhook stand in juxaposition to that of the Church, possibly the oldest organization there is. And Fishhook�s days are numbered. For one of Fishhook�s explorers, Shepherd Blaine, has met a being a million years old, that will probably live for a million more who likewise sends its mind out to explore the stars. And the being has an odd habit. In all friendliness, to those who befriend it, as Blaine does, it gives a gift�a carbon copy of its mind. The consequences of that gift will change the world. For amid the methods of the mind that are thus bequeathed to Blaine is� A good book, by one who hopefully seeks a better world. Perhaps this one is not redeemable. Maybe one of the things that America had going for it was that it was an escape for the rest of world. And one who could not abide Massachusetts could escape to Colorado. With the homogenization of the United States, where does one go who cannot fit in? Who needs more freedom or a different social order? Go where you will, there is no escape. Thus the need for outer space. It promised a refuge for those who find no place. Maybe that promise, as in �Time is the Simplest Thing�, has broken down. Yet a way� Well worth reading, on several levels.
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Time Is the Simplest Thing
by Clifford D. Simak
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London: The Science Fiction Book Club, 1963. Book. Good. Hardcover. Edition Not Stated.. 210mm Tall, 8vo. General wear to blue cloth covers, with small marks. Scuffing on spine. From prelims and title page to page 102 their is a folding crease.. Item Price
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U.S.A.: Doubleday Science Fiction, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1ST. A First Edition, First Printing, So Stated. Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Bit Of Reading Wear And Foxing. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Condition. A Slight Bit Of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clifford D. Simak Time is the Simplest Thing Leisure Books 1974. Mass market paperback reprint. Very good with edge wear and light toning to pages.bx15 Item Price
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Methuen, UK, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 191 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Methuen, UK, 1986. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. Lightly tanned pages. Minor edgewear to covers. Strip of fading on back cover. This book appears to be unread. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0413424200. ISBN/EAN:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time Is the Simplest Thing
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London: Eyre Methuen/Methuen Paperbacks 1977 First Methuen Paperback Printing ISBN 0-413-36950-7, 1977 VG+ Mild edgewear, light creasing to spine, former owner's name to front fly page, otherwise a very attractive copy, very clean throughout. Wrap-around cover art by Chris Moore. Item Price
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time is the simplest thing
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Methuen, London, 1971. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. previous owner has protected the book with clear adhesive plastic, there is a three digit number at the top left of the inside of the front cover and at the top right of the first page, age browning of the page edges, no other damage to describe.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time is the Simplest Thing
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New York: Crest Books, 1961. A very nice copy of this fine novel. Interiors are tightly bound and unmarked. Light brushing to the fore-edge. Soft cover wraps show light rubbing and chipping. Spine is lightly creased and rubbed at the points. A very nice copy and a fine read. . 2nd Paperback Edition - 1st Printing. Vintage Paperback. Very Good/No… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time is the Simplest Thing
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. slight wear to covers and cover edges, minimal library marks endpapers, some staining cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library. Item Price
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TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING
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Time Is The Simplest Thing
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London : Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition fourth printing 1963. Hardback book is tight and clean with touch of lean. Feels lightly read. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block has light toning to edges. Gentle bump to foot of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time Is the Simplest Thing
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Eyre Methuen, 1977. Paperback. Good. 1977. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Time Is The Simplest Thing
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Pan Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 206 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time is the Simplest Thing
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Garden City: Doubleday / Science Fiction Book Club, 1961. first thus. hard cover. Mel Hunter. Very good- book in good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket is in very nice condition, with minor edge wear at spine and minor soiling on back; not corner clipped; now in new removable protective cover. Yellow boards with red print on spine; spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time is the Simplest Thing
by Clifford D. Simak
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Greenwich, CT: crest book, 1962. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Paperbound Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. G/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 192pp. Interior clean, no marks, pages toning, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, 1 ich tear/chip to the tail of the spine. Corners rubbed., paper at the head of the spine worn..… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time is the Simplest Thing.
by Simak, Clifford D.
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E-049: Doubleday. Very Good. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1961. 264 pgs. First Edition/FIrst Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous… Read more about this item Item Price
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