Clifford D. Simak worked as a newspaperman for most of his life and only became a full time writer of sf after his retirement. His first published story appeared in Wonder Stories in 1931. He received the Grand Master Nebula Award in 1976.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Series
Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak
The Shipshape Miracle: And Other Stories (2017)
A Death in the House: And Other Stories (2020)
Good Night, Mr. James: And Other Stories (2020)
Grotto of the Dancing Deer: And Other Stories (2020)
New Folks' Home: And Other Stories (2020)
No Life of Their Own: And Other Stories (2020)
Earth for Inspiration: And Other Stories (2022)
The Shipshape Miracle: And Other Stories (2017)
A Death in the House: And Other Stories (2020)
Good Night, Mr. James: And Other Stories (2020)
Grotto of the Dancing Deer: And Other Stories (2020)
New Folks' Home: And Other Stories (2020)
No Life of Their Own: And Other Stories (2020)
Earth for Inspiration: And Other Stories (2022)
Novels
Cosmic Engineers (1950)
Empire (1951)
Time and Again (1951)
aka First He Died
Ring Around the Sun (1952)
Time Is the Simplest Thing (1961)
aka The Fisherman
Trouble with Tycho (1961)
They Walked Like Men (1962)
Way Station (1963)
aka Here Gather the Stars
All Flesh Is Grass (1965)
The Werewolf Principle (1967)
Why Call Them Back from Heaven? (1967)
The Goblin Reservation (1968)
So Bright the Vision (1968)
Out of Their Minds (1969)
Prehistoric Man (1971)
Destiny Doll (1972)
A Choice of Gods (1972)
Cemetery World (1973)
Our Children's Children (1974)
The Enchanted Pilgrimage (1975)
Shakespeare's Planet (1976)
A Heritage of Stars (1977)
Mastodonia (1978)
aka Catface
The Fellowship of the Talisman (1978)
The Visitors (1980)
Project Pope (1981)
Special Deliverance (1982)
Where the Evil Dwells (1982)
Highway of Eternity (1986)
Empire (1951)
Time and Again (1951)
aka First He Died
Ring Around the Sun (1952)
Time Is the Simplest Thing (1961)
aka The Fisherman
Trouble with Tycho (1961)
They Walked Like Men (1962)
Way Station (1963)
aka Here Gather the Stars
All Flesh Is Grass (1965)
The Werewolf Principle (1967)
Why Call Them Back from Heaven? (1967)
The Goblin Reservation (1968)
So Bright the Vision (1968)
Out of Their Minds (1969)
Prehistoric Man (1971)
Destiny Doll (1972)
A Choice of Gods (1972)
Cemetery World (1973)
Our Children's Children (1974)
The Enchanted Pilgrimage (1975)
Shakespeare's Planet (1976)
A Heritage of Stars (1977)
Mastodonia (1978)
aka Catface
The Fellowship of the Talisman (1978)
The Visitors (1980)
Project Pope (1981)
Special Deliverance (1982)
Where the Evil Dwells (1982)
Highway of Eternity (1986)
Omnibus
Pollution! (1971) (with Harry Harrison and C M Kornbluth)
Worlds Without End / The Lavender Vine of Death (2011) (with Don Wilcox)
Full Cycle / It was the Day of the Robot (2012) (with Frank Belknap Long)
Clifford Simak SF Gateway Omnibus (2014)
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Three (2018)
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Four (2018)
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (2019) (with Poul Anderson, Daniel Keyes and Roger Zelazny)
Worlds Without End / The Lavender Vine of Death (2011) (with Don Wilcox)
Full Cycle / It was the Day of the Robot (2012) (with Frank Belknap Long)
Clifford Simak SF Gateway Omnibus (2014)
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Three (2018)
The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Four (2018)
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (2019) (with Poul Anderson, Daniel Keyes and Roger Zelazny)
Collections
The Creator (1946)
City (1952)
Strangers in the Universe (1956)
The Worlds of Clifford Simak (1960)
Aliens for Neighbours (1961)
Other Worlds of Clifford Simak (1962)
All the Traps of Earth (1963)
Night of the Puudly (1964)
Worlds Without End (1964)
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak (1967)
Trilogy of the Future (1972)
Skirmish (1977)
Marathon Photograph (1986)
Brothers (1987)
Off-Planet (1988)
The Autumn Land (1990)
The Immigrant (1991)
The Creator and Other Stories (1993)
Over the River and Through the Woods (1996)
The Civilisation Game (1997)
Hellhounds of the Cosmos and Other Tales from the Fourth Dimension (2011)
Science Fiction Gems, Vol. Three (2012) (with Manly Banister, Algis Budrys, C M Kornbluth, Milton Lesser, Sam Merwin Jr, Stanley Mullen, Kris Neville, Peter Phillips and William Tenn)
More Fantastic Stories (2013) (with Frank Herbert, Carl Jacobi, R A Lafferty, Andre Norton, Edgar Pangborn and Stanley G Weinbaum)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV (2016) (with Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson, Eando Binder, Jerome Bixby, Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, C E Smith, Evelyn E Smith and F L Wallace)
Dusty Zebra: And Other Stories (2017)
The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories (2017)
City (1952)
Strangers in the Universe (1956)
The Worlds of Clifford Simak (1960)
Aliens for Neighbours (1961)
Other Worlds of Clifford Simak (1962)
All the Traps of Earth (1963)
Night of the Puudly (1964)
Worlds Without End (1964)
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak (1967)
Trilogy of the Future (1972)
Skirmish (1977)
Marathon Photograph (1986)
Brothers (1987)
Off-Planet (1988)
The Autumn Land (1990)
The Immigrant (1991)
The Creator and Other Stories (1993)
Over the River and Through the Woods (1996)
The Civilisation Game (1997)
Hellhounds of the Cosmos and Other Tales from the Fourth Dimension (2011)
Science Fiction Gems, Vol. Three (2012) (with Manly Banister, Algis Budrys, C M Kornbluth, Milton Lesser, Sam Merwin Jr, Stanley Mullen, Kris Neville, Peter Phillips and William Tenn)
More Fantastic Stories (2013) (with Frank Herbert, Carl Jacobi, R A Lafferty, Andre Norton, Edgar Pangborn and Stanley G Weinbaum)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV (2016) (with Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson, Eando Binder, Jerome Bixby, Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, C E Smith, Evelyn E Smith and F L Wallace)
Dusty Zebra: And Other Stories (2017)
The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories (2017)
Novellas
The Street That Wasn't There (1941) (with Carl Jacobi)
Mr Meek Plays Polo (1944)
Hellhounds of the Cosmos (2009)
Spacebred Generations (2009)
Message from Mars (2020)
Second Childhood (2020)
Mr Meek Plays Polo (1944)
Hellhounds of the Cosmos (2009)
Spacebred Generations (2009)
Message from Mars (2020)
Second Childhood (2020)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Clifford D Simak
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1951)
The Outer Reaches (1951)
aka The Time of Infinity
Stories for Tomorrow (1954)
Best SF 2 (1956)
Spectrum (1962)
Best SF 5 (1963)
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
Time Untamed (1967)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1 (1970)
Space 1 (1973)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
Astounding (1973)
aka The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2B (1973)
Creatures from Beyond (1975)
Roots of Evil (1976)
aka Weird Stories of Supernatural Plants
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977)
The Infinite Arena (1977)
Dark Forces (1980)
The Great SF Stories 6 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
Nebula Award Stories 16 (1982)
Robots (1989)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
Dinosaurs II (1995)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
Immortals (1998)
The SFWA Grand Masters (1999)
The Outer Reaches (1951)
aka The Time of Infinity
Stories for Tomorrow (1954)
Best SF 2 (1956)
Spectrum (1962)
Best SF 5 (1963)
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
Time Untamed (1967)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1 (1970)
Space 1 (1973)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
Astounding (1973)
aka The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2B (1973)
Creatures from Beyond (1975)
Roots of Evil (1976)
aka Weird Stories of Supernatural Plants
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977)
The Infinite Arena (1977)
Dark Forces (1980)
The Great SF Stories 6 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
Nebula Award Stories 16 (1982)
Robots (1989)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
Dinosaurs II (1995)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
Immortals (1998)
The SFWA Grand Masters (1999)
Short stories
...And the Truth Shall Make You Free | |||
The Answers | |||
Hermit of Mars (1939) | |||
Madness from Mars (1939) | |||
Masquerade (1941) | |||
Hunch (1943) | |||
City [short story] (1944) | |||
Desertion (1944) | |||
Huddling Place (1944) | |||
Eternity Lost (1949) | |||
Limiting Factor (1949) | |||
Skirmish [short story] (1950) | |||
Good Night, Mr James (1951) | |||
You'll Never Go Home Again (1951) | |||
Worrywart (1953) | |||
The Fence (1954) | |||
How-2 (1954) | |||
Neighbor (1954) | |||
Green Thumb (1956) | |||
The Big Front Yard (1958) | Hugo | ||
The Civilisation Game [short story] (1958) | |||
A Death In the House (1959) | |||
No Life of Their Own (1959) | |||
Horrible Example (1961) | |||
Over the River and Through the Woods [short story] (1965) | |||
Over the River and Through the Trees (1965) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
Small Deer (1965) | |||
Buckets of Diamonds (1969) | |||
The Thing in the Stone (1970) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
The Autumn Land [short story] (1971) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
Construction Shack (1973) | |||
Epilog (1973) | |||
The Ghost of a Model T (1975) | |||
Grotto of the Dancing Deer (1980) | Hugo Nebula Awards | ||
The Whistling Well (1980) |
Awards
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Clifford D Simak recommends
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