Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)
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Works by Clifford D. Simak
I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories: The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 1 (2015) 132 copies
The Big Front Yard: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 2) (2015) 69 copies
The Ghost of a Model T: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 3) (2015) 60 copies
A Death in the House: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 7) (2016) 44 copies
New Folks' Home: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 6) (2016) 41 copies
Good Night, Mr. James: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 8) (2016) 39 copies
Dusty Zebra: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 11) (2017) 39 copies
Grotto of the Dancing Deer: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 4) (2016) 38 copies
The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 12) (2017) 36 copies
The Shipshape Miracle: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 10) (2017) 34 copies
No Life of Their Own: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 5) (2016) 34 copies
Earth for Inspiration: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 9) (2016) 31 copies
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume One: Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories, Heritage of Stars, and City (2017) 13 copies
The Thing In The Stone [short story] 12 copies
Buckets of Diamonds: And Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Book 13) (2023) 11 copies
All the Traps of Earth and Other Stories (MacfaddenSF/Manor Books ∙ 6 story collection) (1963) 11 copies
Obras estelares de la ciencia ficcion: El hombre del bicentenario; Estacion de transito (Serie Hugo) (1987) — Author — 11 copies
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Two : Good Night, Mr. James and Other Stories; Time and Again; and Way Station (2017) 8 copies
Shotgun Cure 8 copies
Construction Shack [short story] 8 copies
Sunspot Purge 7 copies
The Answers [short story] 7 copies
The Fence [short story] 6 copies
Beachhead [short story] 6 copies
Lulu 6 copies
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Four: The Big Front Yard and Other Stories, Time Is the Simplest Thing, and The… (2018) 6 copies
Condition of Employment 6 copies
Retrograde Evolution [short story] 5 copies
Small Deer 5 copies
Target Generation [short story] 5 copies
Day of Truce 5 copies
Final Gentleman 5 copies
Terra Insólita (1) 5 copies
A Estrada da Eternidade I Livro 1 5 copies
Urania Millemondinverno 1981 4 copies
Limiting Factor [short fiction] 4 copies
A boneca do destino - 2 4 copies
How-2 4 copies
Immigrant [short fiction] 4 copies
Aesop {novelette} 4 copies
The Civilization Game [short story] 4 copies
Paradise {novelette} 4 copies
The Simple Way {novelette} 4 copies
The solar system, our new front yard 3 copies
Death Scene 3 copies
Full Cycle 3 copies
Census {novelette} 3 copies
Honorable Opponent 3 copies
Party Line 3 copies
City (short story) 3 copies
Hobbies {novelette} 3 copies
The Spaceman's Van Gogh 3 copies
Neighbor [novelette] 3 copies
Idiot's Crusade 3 copies
The World of the Red Sun 3 copies
Masquerade 3 copies
Hermit of Mars 3 copies
Millemondiestate 1974 : tre romanzi completi di Clifford D. Simak (Oltre l'invisibile - La casa dalle finestre nere -… (1974) 3 copies
Terra Insólita (2) 3 copies
Operation Stinky 3 copies
Gli extraterrestri 2 copies
Город Все живое 2 copies
Dusty Zebra [short story] 2 copies
Projecto Papa 1 2 copies
Terra Insólita - volume 2 2 copies
Guerra no Tempo 2 copies
Worlds of Clifford Simak / Volume 1 2 copies
The Money Tree 2 copies
Junkyard 2 copies
A revolta das máquinas 2 copies
Shadow World [short story] 2 copies
Reunion On Ganymede 2 copies
Mundos Simultâneos 2 copies
Extranjeros en el universo 2 copies
Onde Mora o Mal 2 copies
Sette ombre azzurre 2 copies
Os Herdeiros das Estrelas 2 copies
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Three: I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories, Highway of Eternity, and Project… (2018) 2 copies
As Flores que Pensam 2 copies
To Walk a City Street [short story] 2 copies
Horrible Example 2 copies
Mirage [short story] — Author — 2 copies
Projecto Papa, 2 2 copies
Projecto Papa, 1 2 copies
Nacht über dem Mars. Terra Nr. 523 2 copies
Hunch 2 copies
A revolta das máquinas - 1 2 copies
A revolta das máquinas - 2 2 copies
The Wind from the Sun 1 copy
Seekers Of Tomorrow 1 copy
The Double Bill Symposium 1 copy
Voices For The Future 1 copy
alerteau Horlas - Ces Féroce Qornts - Les immortels - La Croisade de Ténèbres - Galaxie No 18 1 copy
La casa delle finestre nere 1 copy
A irmandade do talismã 1 copy
O mundo dos túmulos 1 copy
Terra insólita 1 copy
Caminhavam Como Homens 1 copy
As Cidades Mortas 1 copy
Tools 1 copy
Os visitantes - 1 1 copy
" Izbrannoe". 1 copy
Epilog [Short Story] 1 copy
Всякая плоть - трава 1 copy
Os visitantes - 2 1 copy
Nevolje sa Tihoom 1 copy
World That Couldn't Be 1 copy
Alieni e no 1 copy
Eternita' perduta. 1 copy
Stranieri nell'universo 1 copy
Prehistoric man 1 copy
Projecto Papa 2 1 copy
Los mundos de Clifford Simak 1 copy
Deixemo-los no Céu 1 copy
Mundo Paralelo 1 copy
Caminham como Homens 1 copy
The Trouble with Ants 1 copy
Rule 18 1 copy
Clerical Error 1 copy
Shadow of Life 1 copy
Lobby 1 copy
Infiltration 1 copy
Terra Insólita, 1 1 copy
The Asteroid of Gold 1 copy
Spaceship In A Flask 1 copy
Mr. Meek - Musketeer 1 copy
Tranzitna stanica 1 copy
The Sitters 1 copy
Installment Plan 1 copy
Carbon Copy 1 copy
Worrywart 1 copy
Founding Father 1 copy
Empire and Other Works of Science Fiction by Clifford D. Simak (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 1 copy
Grad 1 copy
Os Visitantes - 1 1 copy
Three in One 1 copy
O Mundo do Caos Livro 1 1 copy
Stacja pośrednia 1 copy
Czarodziejska pielgrzymka 1 copy
Clifford Simak Collection of Sci Fi; Hellhounds of the Cosmos, Project Mastodon, the World That Couldn't Be, the Street… (2011) 1 copy
Amazing Stories, October 1960 with Complete Simak Novel *The Trouble With Tycho* (Volume 34, No. 10) (1960) 1 copy
Tempo senza tempo 1 copy
Onde Mora O Mal Livro 1 1 copy
Projecto Papa 2 Livro 2 1 copy
Os Visitantes I Livro 2 1 copy
Os Visitantes - 2 1 copy
Os Visitantes II Livro 2 1 copy
El tiempo es lo más simple 1 copy
Caminaban como hombres 1 copy
Härjapõlvlaste kaitseala 1 copy
Target Generation 1 copy
Czas jest najprostszą rzeczą 1 copy
all'ombra di tyco 1 copy
Associated Works
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Contributor — 1,863 copies
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Contributor — 791 copies
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contributor — 315 copies
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Contributor — 113 copies
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (LOA #321): The High Crusade / Way Station / Flowers for… (2019) — Contributor — 104 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Third Series (1984) — Contributor — 51 copies
American Science Fiction: Eight Classic Novels of the 1960s Box Set: The High Crusade / Way Station / Flowers for… (2019) — Contributor — 46 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XC, No. 3 (November 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Wild Years 1946-1955 (Amazing Science Fiction Anthology Series) (1987) — Contributor — 25 copies
Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2020) — Contributor — 24 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XC, No. 4 (December 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 23 copies
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contributor — 15 copies
Science fiction verhalen [1969] — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 164, January/February 1973 (Vol. 21, No. 9) (1973) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1971, Vol. 41, No. 4 (1971) — Contributor — 13 copies
Science Fiction Omnibus: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949, 1950 (1952) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1960, Vol. 18, No. 6 (1960) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1960, Vol. 18, No. 1 (1960) — Contributor — 9 copies
Drie SF-romans — Contributor — 5 copies
Het Ding in de Rots SF Verhalen 4 — Contributor — 5 copies
Cratere e caverna — Contributor — 3 copies
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 — Contributor — 3 copies
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 101 (March 1963) — Contributor — 3 copies
Future Science Fiction No. 31 — Contributor — 2 copies
Otte Science Fiction Noveller — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 081 (July 1961) — Contributor — 2 copies
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contributor — 2 copies
Kaleidoskop I — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction No. 25 - British Release — Contributor — 1 copy
Μεγάλη Ανθολογία Ε.Φ. 1. (1934 - 1950) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Simak, Clifford Donald
- Birthdate
- 1904-08-03
- Date of death
- 1988-04-25
- Burial location
- Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Millville, Wisconsin, USA
- Place of death
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Places of residence
- Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA
- Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Occupations
- journalist
writer - Relationships
- Simak, Ellen (daughter)
Kuchenberg, Agnes (wife)
Simak, Richard Scott (son) - Organizations
- Minneapolis Star and Tribune (1939-1976)
Astounding Stories
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Awards and honors
- SFWA Grand Master (1976)
Minnesota Academy of Science Award (1967)
Bram Stoker Award (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1988)
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award (1973)
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (1976)
Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Grand Master Award (1977) (show all 10)
Hugo Award (1959| 1964| 1981)
Nebula Award (1981)
Locus Award (1981)
Jupiter Award (1978) - Agent
- Blassingame, McCauley & Wood (60 East 42nd St., New York, NY 10017)
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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.… (more)