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Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)

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Works by Clifford D. Simak

City (1952) 2,533 copies
Way Station (1963) 2,491 copies
Time and Again (1951) 869 copies
The Goblin Reservation (1968) 737 copies
All Flesh Is Grass (1965) 702 copies
Time Is the Simplest Thing (1961) 672 copies
A Choice of Gods (1972) 668 copies
Shakespeare's Planet (1976) 652 copies
The Werewolf Principle (1967) 610 copies
Ring Around the Sun (1953) 607 copies
Enchanted Pilgrimage (1975) 573 copies
The Visitors (1979) 566 copies
Project Pope (1981) 562 copies
A Heritage of Stars (1977) 545 copies
Mastodonia (1978) 524 copies
Cemetery World (1972) 509 copies
Special Deliverance (1982) 508 copies
Out of Their Minds (1970) 442 copies
Highway of Eternity (1986) 441 copies
They Walked Like Men (1962) 410 copies
Where the Evil Dwells (1982) 401 copies
Cosmic Engineers (1939) 395 copies
Destiny Doll (1971) 347 copies
Our Children's Children (1974) 338 copies
So Bright the Vision (1956) 177 copies
The Trouble With Tycho (1961) 155 copies
Nebula Award Stories Six (1971) — Editor — 136 copies
Worlds Without End (1967) 111 copies
Time Untamed (1967) 83 copies
Empire (1951) 80 copies
The Autumn Land and Other Stories (1938) — Author — 51 copies
The Night of the Puudly (1964) 48 copies
Aliens for Neighbours (1960) 46 copies
Project Mastodon (2008) 33 copies
Off-planet (1988) 33 copies
Brother and Other Stories (1953) 31 copies
The World That Couldn't Be (1958) 31 copies
Une chasse dangereuse (1958) 25 copies
The Civilisation Game: And Other Stories (1997) — Author — 21 copies
Desertion {short story} (1944) 19 copies
Immigrant and Other Stories (1991) 18 copies
The Big Front Yard (1958) 16 copies
Das Tor zur anderen Welt (1963) 13 copies
Eternity Lost (2005) 12 copies
Drie SF-novellen (1978) 8 copies
Shotgun Cure 8 copies
Sunspot Purge 7 copies
Leg. Forst. [novelette] (1958) 7 copies
Auk House (1977) 7 copies
La Croisade de l'idiot (1961) 7 copies
Second Childhood (2016) 6 copies
Mirage (1997) 6 copies
Spacebred Generations (2009) 6 copies
Lulu 6 copies
Skirmish [short fiction] (1978) 5 copies
Small Deer 5 copies
New Folks' Home (2016) 5 copies
Day of Truce 5 copies
Final Gentleman 5 copies
The Whistling Well (1980) 5 copies
Madness from Mars (1939) 5 copies
Drop Dead (2015) 5 copies
L'épidémie (2020) 4 copies
Pollution: Omnibus (1971) — Contributor — 4 copies
A boneca do destino - 1 (1997) 4 copies
How-2 4 copies
Mr. Meek Plays Polo (2020) 4 copies
The march of science. (1971) 4 copies
Kindergarten (1953) 4 copies
Jackpot (1956) 4 copies
Mirage [short story] (1997) 3 copies
Death Scene 3 copies
Full Cycle 3 copies
Party Line 3 copies
Idiot's Crusade 3 copies
Brother [short story] (1977) 3 copies
Masquerade 3 copies
Hermit of Mars 3 copies
Courtesy (1979) 3 copies
The Observer (1972) 3 copies
Message From Mars (2021) 2 copies
Frères lointains (2011) 2 copies
Teatr tenej (2005) 2 copies
Die Kristallkäfer (1971) 2 copies
Projecto Papa 1 2 copies
Guerra no Tempo 2 copies
Science Fiction Special 25 (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Money Tree 2 copies
Junkyard 2 copies
Meie laste lapsed (2023) 2 copies
Les Mines du temps (2004) 2 copies
Onde Mora o Mal 2 copies
Senior Citizen (1975) 2 copies
Contraption [short story] (1953) 2 copies
Gleaners [novelette] (1960) 2 copies
Mirage [short story] — Author — 2 copies
Hunch 2 copies
Galaktikos bičiuliai (2002) 2 copies
Ogre [novelette] (1947) 2 copies
Tools 1 copy
Rule 18 [novelette] (1938) 1 copy
L' empire des esprits (1970) 1 copy
Alieni e no 1 copy
Dzieci naszych dzieci (1992) 1 copy
The Shipshape Miracle (2020) 1 copy
Science Fiction Special 13 (1975) — Contributor — 1 copy
Rule 18 1 copy
Lobby 1 copy
Infiltration 1 copy
Sette ombre azzurre (1979) 1 copy
The Sitters 1 copy
Carbon Copy 1 copy
Worrywart 1 copy
Grad 1 copy
Three in One 1 copy
Mundos sem Fim Livro 1 (1988) 1 copy
Zvláštní mise (2005) 1 copy
Kalmistumaailm (2022) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Hugo Winners: Volumes One and Two (1972) — Contributor — 697 copies
Dark Forces (1980) — Contributor — 566 copies
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992) — Contributor — 446 copies
The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 411 copies
Galactic Empires, Volume One (1976) — Contributor — 407 copies
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 392 copies
Science Fiction Omnibus (1952) — Contributor — 340 copies
The Hugo Winners: Volume One (1955-1961) (1962) — Contributor — 314 copies
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006) — Contributor — 312 copies
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 248 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (1979) — Contributor — 242 copies
Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology (1973) — Contributor — 237 copies
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1952) — Contributor — 231 copies
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF (1974) — Contributor — 231 copies
The 1973 Annual World's Best SF (1973) — Contributor — 229 copies
The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction (1979) — Contributor — 226 copies
Epoch (1975) — Contributor — 209 copies
The 1978 Annual World's Best SF (1977) — Contributor, some editions — 199 copies
Tomorrow's Children (1966) — Contributor — 197 copies
The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998) — Contributor — 192 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 (1971) — Contributor — 178 copies
A Treasury of Science Fiction (1948) — Contributor, some editions — 175 copies
Great Tales of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 159 copies
Threads of Time (1974) — Contributor — 159 copies
The Hugo Winners: Volume Five (1980-1982) (1986) — Contributor — 158 copies
The Science Fiction Bestiary (1972) — Contributor — 149 copies
A Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 148 copies
5th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1960) — Contributor — 146 copies
Penguin Science Fiction (1961) — Contributor — 136 copies
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction (1939) — Author — 133 copies
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 133 copies
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1 (1999) — Contributor — 131 copies
The Best of the Nebulas (1989) — Contributor — 129 copies
Analog: The Best of Science Fiction (1982) — Author — 127 copies
Spectrum (1961) — Contributor — 127 copies
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (1982) — Contributor — 124 copies
Galactic Empires {complete} (1976) — Contributor — 124 copies
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002) — Contributor — 116 copies
The Third Galaxy Reader (1958) — Contributor — 114 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 (1966) — Author — 110 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 (1981) — Contributor — 110 copies
Beyond Tomorrow (1934) — Contributor — 107 copies
SF: The Best of the Best (1967) — Author, some editions — 107 copies
An ABC of Science Fiction (1809) — Contributor — 102 copies
Best SF Two (1956) — Contributor — 92 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 11th Series (1962) — Contributor — 88 copies
Future City (1973) — Foreword — 87 copies
5 Unearthly Visions (1952) — Contributor — 85 copies
SF: Authors' Choice 4 (1974) — Contributor — 84 copies
Seven Come Infinity (1950) — Contributor — 83 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) (1981) — Contributor — 82 copies
5 Tales from Tomorrow (1955) — Contributor — 81 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) (1984) — Contributor — 81 copies
Stellar #1: Science-Fiction Stories (1974) — Contributor — 80 copies
Holt Anthology of Science Fiction (2000) — Contributor — 80 copies
Decade: The 1940s (1975) — Contributor — 77 copies
Adventures on Other Planets (1954) — Contributor — 77 copies
Analog 3 (1965) — Contributor — 68 copies
Six great short science fiction novels (1960) — Contributor — 68 copies
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963) — Contributor — 67 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977) — Author, some editions — 65 copies
The Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy. (1966) — Contributor — 65 copies
Contact (1963) — Contributor — 62 copies
Rod Serling's Other Worlds (1978) — Contributor — 62 copies
The Best of Astounding (1944) — Contributor — 59 copies
The Frozen Planet and Four Other Science-Fiction Novellas (1966) — Contributor — 57 copies
Stellar #2: Science-Fiction Stories (1976) — Contributor — 56 copies
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humour (1982) — Contributor — 55 copies
Immortals (1998) — Contributor — 55 copies
Beachheads in Space (1952) — Contributor, some editions — 53 copies
Tomorrow's Worlds: Ten Stories of Science Fiction (1969) — Contributor — 52 copies
Dogtales! (1988) — Contributor — 50 copies
Stellar #3: Science-Fiction Stories (1977) — Contributor — 48 copies
Souls in Metal: An Anthology of Robot Futures (1977) — Contributor — 48 copies
The Century's Best Horror Fiction: Volume 2 (2011) — Contributor — 46 copies
Stellar #6: Science-Fiction Stories (1981) — Contributor — 45 copies
Three in One (1963) — Contributor — 44 copies
Ace Science Fiction Reader (1971) — Contributor — 44 copies
Young Monsters (1985) — Contributor — 43 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (1983) — Contributor — 43 copies
Alien Earth and Other Stories (1969) — Author — 42 copies
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Contributor — 39 copies
The Space Magicians (1971) — Contributor — 38 copies
Alpha 9 (1978) — Contributor — 37 copies
Science Fiction Thinking Machines (1954) — Contributor — 37 copies
Portals of Tomorrow (1954) — Author — 36 copies
Adventures in the Far Future / Tales of Outer Space (1954) — Contributor — 35 copies
Dinosaurs II! (1995) — Contributor — 35 copies
Tomorrow's Alternatives (Anthology 12-in-1) (1973) — Contributor — 34 copies
Award Science Fiction Reader (1966) — Contributor — 33 copies
Alien Worlds (1964) — Contributor — 33 copies
Best SF Five (1963) — Contributor — 31 copies
Aliens (1976) — Contributor — 30 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 30 copies
Tomorrow 1 (1971) — Contributor — 29 copies
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... (1974) — Contributor — 29 copies
The Androids Are Coming (1979) — Contributor — 27 copies
Analog Anthology #10: Analog's Expanding Universe (1986) — Contributor — 25 copies
We, Robots (2010) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Bank Street Book of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 23 copies
Analog Anthology #2: Readers' Choice (1982) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Time Curve (1968) — Contributor — 19 copies
Analog Anthology #5: Writers' Choice, Volume one (1983) — Contributor — 18 copies
Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System (2020) — Contributor — 18 copies
If This Goes Wrong . . . (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies
Worst Contact (2015) — Contributor — 17 copies
ROOTS OF EVIL: BEYOND THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS (1976) — Contributor — 17 copies
Kleine science fiction omnibus 1 (1969) — Author — 15 copies
Robots through the Ages: A Science Fiction Anthology (2023) — Contributor — 15 copies
Future Wars . . . and Other Punchlines (BAEN) (2015) — Contributor — 14 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1950 November, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1950) — Contributor — 14 copies
Univers 1982 (2001) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1952) — Contributor — 13 copies
Science fiction verhalen [1969] — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
Political science fiction;: An introductory reader (1974) — Contributor — 13 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1950 December, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1950) — Contributor — 13 copies
Explorers of space: Eight stories of science fiction (1975) — Contributor — 12 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1953 July, Vol. 6, No. 4 (1953) — Author — 12 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1958 10 (1958) — Contributor — 11 copies
Die besten Science Fiction Geschichten (1962) — Author, some editions — 11 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1953 May, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1953) — Contributor — 10 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1954 06 (1954) — Contributor — 10 copies
Overruled! (2020) — Contributor — 10 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1968 April, Vol. 26, No. 4 (1968) — Contributor — 10 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1957 June, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1957) — Contributor — 9 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1969 August, Vol. 28, No. 6 (1969) — Contributor — 8 copies
Worlds of Fantasy, Vol. 1 No. 4, Spring 1971 (1971) — Contributor — 8 copies
Things From Outer Space (2016) — Contributor — 8 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1954 03 (1954) — Contributor — 8 copies
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies
Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction July 1979 (1979) — Contributor — 7 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1954 November, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1954) — Contributor — 7 copies
Spionen utifrån (collection) (1975) — Contributor — 7 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1957 April, Vol. 13, No. 6 (1957) — Contributor — 7 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1957 May, Vol. 14, No. 1 (1957) — Contributor — 7 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1959 August, Vol. 17, No. 6 (1959) — Contributor — 7 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1957 September, Vol. 14, No. 5 (1957) — Contributor — 7 copies
Time of Passage (1978) — Contributor — 7 copies
Det sidste spørgsmål og andre historier (1973) — Author, some editions — 6 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1958 January, Vol. 15, No. 3 (1958) — Contributor — 6 copies
Creepies, Creepies, Creepies (1977) — Contributor — 5 copies
ULLSTEIN 2000 SF STORIES 26 (1973) — Contributor — 5 copies
Drie SF-romans — Contributor — 5 copies
Het Ding in de Rots SF Verhalen 4 — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1939 04 (1939) — Contributor — 4 copies
Space Pioneers (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1942 07 (1942) — Contributor — 3 copies
Cratere e caverna — Contributor — 3 copies
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 — Contributor — 3 copies
Thrilling Science Fiction, April 1974 (1974) — Contributor — 3 copies
Future Science Fiction No. 31 — Contributor — 2 copies
Otte Science Fiction Noveller — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contributor — 2 copies
Trilogy of the Future (1972) — Contributor — 2 copies
Kaleidoskop I — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Fantastic Universe August 1956 (1956) — Contributor — 2 copies
Voyageurs de l'éternité et couloirs du temps (1977) — Contributor — 1 copy
Strange Fantasy #13 Fall '70 (1970) — Contributor — 1 copy

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This is a very thought provoking piece of speculative fiction told in short chapters about several different characters living on earth at a time in the distant future when most humans have left the planet. The humans that remain are scattered far from each other and have extraordinary longevity. The story’s setting is somewhere in a wooded part of North America. There is a couple of descendants of European Americans living in an old stone house lined with bookshelves and full of books, and one of them, Jason Whitley, is keeping a journal that spans millennia, the reader get to read a few passages some from 2185 and one from 5152.

Nearby Jason’s stone house is also a small community of robots living and working hard to do what they can to help humans while struggling to keep Christianity from becoming extinct by living a monastic life and pondering theology. Occasionally, a tribe of local indigenous Americas stops by to visit with Jason, and there is a young woman who stops by to make use of his library; she’s been having mystical encounters with an oak tree. Into this woodland setting comes an indigenous pilgrim from the West Coast traveling east compelled by a desire to seek something, but he is unclear about his goal until he encounters the young woman and they both come upon an extraterrestrial alien that looks and acts like a can of squirming worms.

One of Simak’s repeated motifs in his fiction is presenting sentient robots who wonder if they have a soul, and in this late work of his, he provides a possible answer.
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MaowangVater | 10 other reviews | Mar 8, 2024 |
Interesting idea, very well written. Oddly unsatisfying, but I can't define quite why.
½
 
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CraigGoodwin | 14 other reviews | Jan 31, 2024 |
Story: 6 / 10
Characters: 7
Setting: 7
Prose: 7
 
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MXMLLN | 16 other reviews | Jan 12, 2024 |
Truly a remarkable book. The real gem is the historical mystery that the first pages set up. Rivals Dune and Star Maker in distance into the future the story travels. Between the serial structure and robot relations, the book most closely resembles one of Asimov's. However, these robots serve not only man...
 
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Jean Rosenthal Auteur, Translator
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Jill Baumann Cover artist
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Martin Otto Translator
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Colin Hay Cover artist
James Ramage Jacket designer
Rowena Morrill Cover artist
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Works
340
Also by
199
Members
22,132
Popularity
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Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
463
ISBNs
697
Languages
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Favorited
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