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Quartermass 2, Ghost Stories, and More
QuasarDragon — ... Terror #11, Tales of Suspence#10, and Amazing Adventures#1-3. Diversions of the Groovy Kind has a Worlds Unknown adaptation of the Harry Bates short story, "Farewell to the Master" (published in the October, 1940, issue of Astounding). This is the story that was made into The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). Online HERE. And Cool-Mo-Dee ...

The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake You Never Saw [The Day The Earth Stood Still]
io9 — ... with some changes. He wrote in the September 3rd issue of Worlds Unknown: Never mind that Hollywood, in enlarging upon the bare plot of the story, had likewise reduced its scope by making Klaatu, and not the eight-foot robot, the Master of the title. Never mind that it was murked up a bit at the end (a la “The Incredible Shrinking Man” of a few years later) by a misbegotten “message,” 1950’s style. This was The Story. [Diversions of the Groovy Kind via Sci Fi Wire] ...

Free fiction: Poul Anderson, James H Schmitz, Harry Bates
Variety SF — ... "To Outlive Eternity" at Webscription; download; Galaxy, June 1967 & August 1967. Two stories from James H Schmitz's "Agent of Vega and Other Stories" at Webscription: "Agent of Vega"; download. "The Illusionists"; download. Via QuasarDragon: Comic book adaptation of Harry Bates' widely read story "Farewell to the Master" at Diversions of the Groovy Kind. Original text version of this story is ...