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Clifford D. Simak

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Clifford Donald Simak (1904–1988) was an American journalist and prolific science-fiction and fantasy writer. He published novels, linked-story fix-ups, novellas, short-story collections, nonfiction books, and science writing over a career spanning more than five decades. His work is particularly associated with pastoral science fiction, sympathetic portrayals of robots and aliens, and recurring themes of humanity's place in the universe.

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Cover of City

City

The landmark linked-story fix-up and one of Simak's defining works.

Cover of Way Station

Way Station

A widely acclaimed standalone novel and an accessible introduction to Simak's pastoral science fiction.

Strangers in the Universe

A representative early collection showcasing Simak's humane short fiction.

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Collected Stories

A posthumous two-volume collection of Clifford D. Simak's fiction.

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  1. 1
    The Collected Stories 1: Eternity Lost

    Book 1 · collection · 2004

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  2. 2
    The Collected Stories 2: Physician to the Universe

    Book 2 · collection · 2006

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collection · completed

The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak

A fourteen-volume posthumous series collecting Simak's short fiction with introductory essays.

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  1. 3 Cover of The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories
    The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories

    Book 3 · collection · 2015

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Outside the series

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Novels (33)
  1. Cover of Cosmic Engineers
    Cosmic Engineers

    novel · 1950

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  2. Cover of Empire
    Empire

    novel · 1951

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  3. Cover of City
    City

    novel · 1952

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  4. Cover of Time and Again
    Time and Again

    novel · 1951

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  5. Cover of Ring Around the Sun
    Ring Around the Sun

    novel · 1953

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  6. The Creator

    novella · 1946

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  7. Cover of The Trouble with Tycho
    The Trouble with Tycho

    novel · 1961

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  8. Cover of Time Is the Simplest Thing
    Time Is the Simplest Thing

    novel · 1961

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  9. Cover of They Walked Like Men
    They Walked Like Men

    novel · 1962

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  10. Cover of Way Station
    Way Station

    novel · 1963

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  11. The Solar System: Our New Front Yard

    nonfiction · 1962

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  12. Cover of Trilobite, Dinosaur, and Man: The Earth's Story
    Trilobite, Dinosaur, and Man: The Earth's Story

    nonfiction · 1965

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  13. Cover of All Flesh Is Grass
    All Flesh Is Grass

    novel · 1965

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  14. Cover of Why Call Them Back from Heaven?
    Why Call Them Back from Heaven?

    novel · 1967

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  15. Cover of The Werewolf Principle
    The Werewolf Principle

    novel · 1967

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  16. Cover of The Goblin Reservation
    The Goblin Reservation

    novel · 1968

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  17. Wonder and Glory: The Story of the Universe

    nonfiction · 1969

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  18. Cover of Out of Their Minds
    Out of Their Minds

    novel · 1970

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  19. Prehistoric Man: The Story of Man's Rise to Civilization

    nonfiction · 1971

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  20. Cover of Destiny Doll
    Destiny Doll

    novel · 1971

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  21. Cover of A Choice of Gods
    A Choice of Gods

    novel · 1972

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  22. Cover of Cemetery World
    Cemetery World

    novel · 1973

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  23. Cover of Our Children's Children
    Our Children's Children

    novel · 1974

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  24. Cover of Enchanted Pilgrimage
    Enchanted Pilgrimage

    novel · 1974

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  25. Cover of Shakespeare's Planet
    Shakespeare's Planet

    novel · 1976

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  26. Cover of A Heritage of Stars
    A Heritage of Stars

    novel · 1977

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  27. Cover of Mastodonia
    Mastodonia

    novel · 1978

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  28. Cover of The Fellowship of the Talisman
    The Fellowship of the Talisman

    novel · 1978

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  29. Cover of The Visitors
    The Visitors

    novel · 1980

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  30. Cover of Project Pope
    Project Pope

    novel · 1981

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  31. Cover of Special Deliverance
    Special Deliverance

    novel · 1982

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  32. Cover of Where the Evil Dwells
    Where the Evil Dwells

    novel · 1982

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  33. Cover of Highway of Eternity
    Highway of Eternity

    novel · 1986

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Other (7)
  1. Strangers in the Universe

    collection · 1956

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  2. Cover of The Worlds of Clifford Simak
    The Worlds of Clifford Simak

    collection · 1960

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  3. All the Traps of Earth

    collection · 1962

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  4. Cover of Worlds Without End
    Worlds Without End

    collection · 1964

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  5. Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford Simak

    collection · 1967

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  6. Cover of So Bright the Vision
    So Bright the Vision

    collection · 1968

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  7. Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction

    collection · 1977

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