Ring Around the Sun (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Clifford D. Simak
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: 1987
- Setting: The New York City area, the Midwest, and an alternate Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New York City, Extrasensory perception or powers, Midwest, 1980’s, Earth, Parallel universes or alternate dimensions, Mutations or mutants
- Locales: New York, NY, Midwest (U.S.), Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
Agent Ann Carter sends writer Jay Vickers to meet a man, Crawford, who says that new products are flooding the marketplace. Such products, including free edible carbohydrates, perpetually sharp razors, and “Forever Cars,” are being made by unknown people to destroy the world economy. Crawford asks Vickers to write a book exposing them, but he refuses.
Vickers’ neighbor Horton Flanders speculates about mentally “listening” to space to learn from aliens. When Flanders vanishes, Vickers flees a lynch mob who believes that he killed Flanders. Confused by...
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