Ring Around the Sun

Ring Around the Sun

"Ring Around the Sun" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1940 issue of Future Fiction and reprinted in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov...

 is also a SF short story by Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...

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Ring Around the Sun is 1953 novel by Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak

Clifford Donald Simak was an American science fiction writer. He was honored by fans with three Hugo awards and by colleagues with one Nebula award and was named the third Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1977.-Biography:Clifford Donald Simak was born in...

. It tells the story of an "alien" invasion (actually parallel Earth humans) and how they attempt to sap Earth economy by introducing disruptive devices at a ridiculously low price, like the Forever Car.

Reception

Boucher

Anthony Boucher

Anthony Boucher was an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories. He was particularly influential as an editor. Between 1942 and 1947 he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle...

 and McComas

J. Francis McComas

Jesse Francis McComas was an American science fiction editor. McComas wrote several stories on his own in the 1950s using both his own name and the pseudonym Webb Marlowe....

 described the novel as "solid entertainment . . . with plenty of startling plot-twists and some new ammunition for an old argument." New York Times reviewer Villiers Gerson praised Ring as "quietly written, intricately plotted . . . deriv[ing] most of its impact from its author's skillful understatement. P. Schuyler Miller

P. Schuyler Miller

Peter Schuyler Miller was an American science fiction writer and critic.-Life:Miller was raised in New York's Mohawk Valley, which led to a life-long interest in the Iroquois Indians. He pursued this as an amateur archaeologist and a member of the New York State Archaeological Association.He...

, however, faulted its complicated plot, finding it more "involved" than memorable.

Aldiss and Wingrove

David Wingrove

David Wingrove is a British science fiction writer. He is well-known as the author of the Chung Kuo novels . He is also the co-author of the three Myst novels....

 went so far as to call it "Clifford Simak's best book," ranking it alongside City.