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"These are the stories that the Dogs tell when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north."

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The frame for these connected short stories is a paper written by a far-future sapient dog, considering whether the ancient myths they contain about the legendary race called Man have any basis in truth, so I was immediately sold on the premise.
Simak's execution is perfect: slow, thoughtful and melancholically sweet, the gradual extinction of human life a sad but necessary stage in the development of peaceful Doggish culture, the former ⬇️

I felt like some quick old-school sci-fi as a pallet-cleanser after finishing a couple of volumes of early 19th century literature.
I like the cover of this 1965 Four Square edition: just the right shades of green-and-silver spindly architecture to give a retro-futuristic otherworldly feel 🛸

Loved this book! 1950's sci-fi at its finest - complete with robots, spaceships and genetic engineering. This is a series of intertwined tales, originally published in serial form, about the end of humankind on Earth as told by an advanced species of dogs. It's one of those books that really gets you thinking! #sciencefiction #dogs #robots

Loved this book! 1950's sci-fi at its finest - complete with robots, spaceships and genetic engineering. This is a series of intertwined tales, originally published in serial form, about the end of humankind on Earth as told by an advanced species of dogs. It's one of those books that really gets you thinking!

"Thus far Man has come alone. One thinking, intelligent race all by itself. Think of how much farther, how much faster it might have gone had there been two races, two thinking, intelligent races, working together. For you see, they would not think alike. They'd check their thoughts against one another. What one couldn't think of, the other could." -Thomas Webster (Note: "race" in this quote refers to "species")