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Title: The Edge of Tomorrow
Author: Howard Fast
Narrator: Steven Menasche
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
Vintage science fiction tales from an American master
Big bugs, cloned cats, and feral star-children play leading roles in the seven stories that make up Fasts unconventional and thought-provoking collection. The Edge of Tomorrow is a significant foray into science fiction by one of the 20th centurys most prolific novelists. In looking beyond our universe, Fast reveals much about the America of his time - where the Cold War and a nascent civil rights movement stoked unconscious fears and desires. From "The First Men", about scientists tampering with genetic engineering, to "The Large Ant", about a mans thoughtless violence against nature, these stories are as relevant today as when they were first written.
Editorial Reviews:
Actor Steven Menasche is often hired as the voice of "the guy next door" in his many national and television campaigns, but in his performance of The Edge of Tomorrow, he branches out of the neighborhood to become a giant ant, a Martian, and a feral child - or at least to animate them from the page.
Howard Fast wrote more than 80 books, including Spartacus, Citizen Tom Paine, and April Morning, both under his own name and the pseudonyms E. V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. He also tried his hand at screenplays and genre writing like mysteries, and in the case of The Edge of Tomorrow, science fiction.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
First Men one of my all time favorite futuristic stories.
Four Stars
Some tales are amazing
a must read for scfi lovers
there are many short tales, all of them full of incredible imagination. it is an old book, but filled with new energy
Five Stars
so important to me to have the copy. Thank you
Stories With a Moral Twist
Howard Fast (1914--2003) was best known for his historical novels such as _The Unvanquished_ (1942), _Citizen Tom Paine_ (1943), _Sparticus_ (1951), and _April Morning_ (1961). Under the pseudonym E.V. Cunningham, he wrote several excellent mystery stories. _The Edge of Tomorrow_ (1961) is Fast's first collection of science fiction stories.
"The Large Ant" appeared in the penultimate issue of _Fantastic Universe_ as "The Big Ant" and was one of the most famous stories to appear in that magazine. It has since been reprinted many times. The other six tales all appeared in _Fantasy and Science Fiction_ between 1959 and 1960. Some (like "The First Men," "Cato the Martian," and "The Martian Shop") had some fame. Others (like "Of Time and Cats" and "The Sight of Eden") were little known beyond this collection.
"The Large Ant" is about a writer who encounters a large, antlike creature on a fishing trip. He instinctively kills it. But then he feels a sense of guilt. It does him no good to say that most other people would have done the same thing, for he feels that the human race is being judged as well-- and being found wanting.
"The First Men" is about a growing number of feral children who are appearing round the world. Is it a step forward in God's plan for peace? Or a step backward into bestiality?
"Cato the Martian" is a statesman who says that Earth must be destroyed, root and branch. One scholarly philosopher opposes him. Who proves to be right? Who proves to be righteous?
"The Martian Shop" is a terrific science fiction mystery.
