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Out of Their Minds
Out of their minds and the force of their imagination, men have created countless beings, from demons and monsters of legend to comic-strip characters. What if their world were real--if dragons, devils and Don Quixote hobnobbed with Dagwood Bumstead and Charlie Brown? Such a world would have its facinations..and its dreadful perils--if it existed. Horton Smith found out th...more
Paperback, 175 pages
Published
January 3rd 1983
by DAW
(first published 1969)
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as with the other clifford d. simak books i've read, the ideas behind the story are simply ingenious strokes of miracle on the page, they are the ideas that you've almost thought of, but never fully realized only understanding this when confronted with a book like out of their minds. in out of your minds, simak is playing with the idea that man's own imagination is rebelling against him, that we've created beings as we imagined them, from our fears and whimsies, our comic strips, and bumps in th...more
I've read a lot of Simak's stuff, but this was the first fantasy of his that I've read. The plot toys with the idea that the characters of our imagination could be forced to exist by our belief, so the hero encounters the Devil, werewolves, Don Quixote and others. The idea is interesting but it wasn't pulled off well. The plot took too long to get going, spending the first quarter or so indulging in the love of old country life that is evident in a lot of Simak's work (although often used to muc...more
Out Of Their Minds is pretty old SF compared to what I usually read, written in the 70s. Reading it now, most if not all of the ideas aren't new to me, but I imagine they were a lot fresher back when it was written. At first it seems to be quite serious, with the careful set up and slow build up, but it doesn't surprise me that it becomes more ridiculous as it goes along -- that's the way humans think, after all, and the crazy beliefs we've had in the past don't have to make that much sense. It'...more
This was a bit of a disappointment for me as I usually find Simak novels more engaging. About halfway through, I was almost ready to give up, but decided to continue since it was a short book.
There was a touch of Lovecraft in the sense that the things of madness, the darker side of man's mind might be real. Yet, I don't think that Simak pulled it off as well as Lovecraft does. The ending felt rushed and a bit silly (as did a few other parts of this story).
There was a touch of Lovecraft in the sense that the things of madness, the darker side of man's mind might be real. Yet, I don't think that Simak pulled it off as well as Lovecraft does. The ending felt rushed and a bit silly (as did a few other parts of this story).
I'm not sure which story Mr. Simak won a nebula award for, but it wasn't this one. The plot was thin and the characters underdeveloped. Not at all happy with it.
Don't really like the author, so giving away the book.
Very fun book to read.
May 04, 2013
Amadeus
marked it as to-read
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