Harry Bates (1900–1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer, a pioneer in the creation and development of twentieth-century science fiction. His classic 1940 novella Farewell to the Master was the basis of the landmark 1951 science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, which is widely regarded as one of the great science fiction movies.
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When a mysterious ship instantaneously appears on the grounds of the US Capitol in Washington, freelance picture reporter Cliff Sutherland is there to see it. Two days later, two passengers from the ship emerge: a godlike being in human form and an eight-... SEE MORE