A review by always_a_scientist
Farewell to the Master by Dennis Herrick, Harry Bates

3.0

As with many readers, I read this story because it is the basis of one of my favorite movies, the original The Day The Earth Stood Still. However, the movie has almost nothing to do with the story. Except for the landing and the names of Klaatu and Gort, the plots are completely different.

The original story has a few interesting twists,

Spoiler

including Gort being the real master and his ability to (imperfectly) reconstruct entire beings from sound recordings.

However, this is a rare case in which I think the movie was better.