THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL -- Arthur Tofte

Scholastic Book Services -- pb
New York -- ©1976(by Roger Elwood) -- 156pp
includes photos from the film
"A full-length version of the short story upon which the world-famous film was based."

An alien and his robot land on earth to deliver a message or warning and advice.

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And so, this is not the original story, nor is it a novelization of the film, but something in between.

It is strange, is what it is.

It bears almost no resemblance to the film (though I can see where, if this were a short story, one might get the idea for the film) and so it seems like lying to have it bear the same title and include photos from the picture.

What it makes me think of the most, is someone (Elwood?) capitalizing on the renewed (in the mid-1970's) interest in the film.

Don't bother searching out this hackneyed tripe.