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The Templeton Gate - Authors - Clifford D. Simak Simak displays an unwavering faith in humanity, and coupled with the pastoral views of the land around the house and the simple beauty of the untamed wilderness, produces a novel of quiet strengths and boundless optimism. Simak's next novel, Out of Their Minds (1970) would also prove to be primarily comical, with the main character's discovery that all things are possible, with mythical and fictional figures coming to life at the merest thought of their existence. It is highly possible that Clifford Simak is a relatively unknown name to the majority of recent SF readers, and that of course would be a shame if it is true. members.tripod.com /templetongate/simak.htm   (2978 words)

Clifford D. Simak Obituary Clifford Donald Simak, a newspaperman and an award-winning writer of science fiction, died Monday at Riverside Medical Center in Minneapolis. Simak wrote more than two dozen novels, several nonfiction science books and hundreds of short stories during a 37-year career as reporter, news editor and science editor for the Minneapolis Star and The Minneapolis Tribune. Simak was born on a farm in southwestern Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin for a short time. www.rudysbooks.com /simakobit.html   (288 words)

Amazon.ca: The Goblin Reservation: Books: Clifford D. Simak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Simak has written a lot of books and stories about the presence of the supernatural in mundane situations, but I can't recall one that does it so well -- nor so whole-heartedly -- as 'Reservation.' Ghosts, time travel, goblins, færie, dragons, politics, aliens, Neanderthals -- all intermix here on an University campus. The Goblin Reservation is Clifford D. Simak's synthesis of science fiction and European faerie lore within a murder mystery, with a little historical revisionism on the side. Simak did not see fit to include the recipe for making sweet October ale (the favorite drink of goblins and trolls, and much favored by humans who can rarely get a tankard of it). www.amazon.ca /Goblin-Reservation-Clifford-D-Simak/dp/0881848972   (767 words)

Novel Reflections: Clifford D. Simak Bibliography Clifford D. Simak was born in Millville, Wisconson, in 1929, growing up in a rural community, the love of which permeates his fiction work. Simak was a regular contributor to ASF (Astounding Science Fiction, later known as Analog Science Fiction) during the years when John Campbell was editor and was highly regarded by the scifi community. Simak's work is very pleasant to read, with a calm and relaxed feeling even during the sections that are full of action. www.novelreflections.com /authors/clifford-simak/bibliography.php   (271 words)

Clifford D. Simak at AllExperts Clifford Donald Simak was born in Millville, Wisconsin, son of John Lewis and Margaret (Wiseman) Simak. Simak attended the University of Wisconsin and later worked at various newspapers in the Midwest. Simak started writing for science fiction pulp magazines in 1931, but dropped out of the field by 1933. en.allexperts.com /e/c/cl/clifford_d._simak.htm   (1032 words)

Desertion by Clifford D. Simak Clifford D. Simak was one of the finest modern sf writers. The idea of shape-shifting is very old in folklore, and beguiling, but combining it with the superiority of an alien consciousness in an alien form lends it a new and science fictional seduction. Simak invented a new mode of transcendence for the human mind and spirit in this story that, once experienced, is so nearly impossible to reject that humanity cannot. ebbs.english.vt.edu /exper/kcramer/anth/Desertion.html   (298 words)

Clifford Simak Fan Page: Writings Classic early Simak, my 1967 Paperback Library, Inc. (New York) edition says it was based on a short novel originally published in 1939 by Street and Smith Publications, Inc. A woman has spent a thousand years in suspended animation, however her brain remained awake. I felt this was one of Clifford's weaker efforts, since most of the narrative (press and political response) seemed to be removed from the actual action (aliens have landed!). Simak's last published novel before his death in 1988, it is also one of his best. www.tc.umn.edu /~brams006/simak/writings.html   (2169 words)

City (book by Clifford D. Simak) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia City is a 1952 science fiction a novel by Clifford D. Simak that is a series of connected stories. Simak's version of Jupiter is a cold, windswept and corrosive hell where only advanced technology allows the station to exist at all. Simak's vision of the apocalypse in unusual, not one of destruction, but simply of isolation. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/City_(book_by_Clifford_D._Simak)   (1023 words)

Clifford D. Simak, Way Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Clifford D. Simak was one of the major voices of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Simak has crystallized the concerns of a whole generation of science-fiction writers in a story that is poetic in its outlook if not in its diction. It's simply a very good book, a solidly constructed story about the wonders of a universe we barely know, fraught with the unease of realizing we may finish ourselves off before we ever have a chance to understand it, ameliorated by the hope that we may, perhaps, learn better, if we give ourselves the chance. www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_simak_waystation.html   (611 words)

Amazon.com: Way Station: Books: Clifford D. Simak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Most people have never heard of Clifford Simak unless they're longtime SF fans and even those that have tend to gravitate more toward his other classic "City" but those who do, or even those who makes the mistake of ignoring him completely are making a grave error. Clifford D. Simak's Way Station is simply one of the most original and best SF novels ever written. Clifford D. Simak's "Way Station" was first published under the title "Here Gather the Stars" in Galaxy Magazine in two parts in June and August of 1963. www.amazon.com /Way-Station-Clifford-D-Simak/dp/1882968271   (2060 words)

Amazon.ca: Ring Around the Sun: Books: Clifford D. Simak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Simak was one of my all-time favorite SF writers. Simak's heroes are heroes in the way that any of us could be heroes in the right circumstances, not supermen. Simak offers many interesting ideas and a good overall plot, but the book has a bit of a cardboard, comic-booky feeling to me, with the characters and their actions and dialogue a little cliched. www.amazon.ca /Ring-Around-Sun-Clifford-Simak/dp/0881848522   (953 words)

SF Signal: RETRO-REVIEW: City by Clifford D. Simak Simak does an excellent job of setting the mood with the opening funeral service sequence that occurs at a rainy family crypt. There is a definite sense of wonder when Simak compares the Jupiter experienced by the recently transformed main character (and his dog, of course!) with the planet as seen through human eyes. Simak was never much one for action and adventure, he excelled in building character and scene, of conveying mood (especially a "pastoral" mood). www.sfsignal.com /archives/002619.html   (1737 words)

SIMAK, Clifford D. - personal data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Clifford was one of those great, innovative SF writers that the 1950s had in abundance (although he began selling SF in the early 1930's). Simak loved to use 'doors between dimensions' as a device to allow his characters to move about the universe. Simak was also a highly acclaimed writer of Horror Stories, winning the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. www.gwillick.com /Spacelight/simak.html   (261 words)

The SF Site Featured Review: Way Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Clifford D. Simak was born in 1904, in Millville, Wisconsin and he died in 1988. One of the others was Clifford D. Simak's Way Station, which took the Novel Hugo in 1964. In the second case, Simak manages to show decency and "humanity" in all his characters, aliens and humans, and to pull off a mystical conclusion emphasizing the value of cooperation. www.sfsite.com /02a/ws97.htm   (662 words)

Amazon.com: The Goblin Reservation: Books: Clifford D. Simak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Simak should also appeal to general readers who are not classic genre fans. Simak never confuses explicit scenes with maturity, and his books are safe for readers of any age. I believe that I have read just about everything that Clifford Simak ever published, and I would have to say that this little novel is probably my all time favorite. www.amazon.com /Goblin-Reservation-Clifford-D-Simak/dp/0881848972   (1517 words)

Clifford D. Simak Author and journalist Clifford Simak is remembered for such award winning classics of science fiction as City (1952), A Heritage of Stars (1977), and Way Station (1963). He is especially known for his emphasis on the struggles of common people placed in extraordinary circumstances, for setting his tales in Wisconsin countryside, and for featuring dogs with unusual frequency. Clifford Donald Simak was born August 3, 1904, in Millville, Wisconsin to John Lewis and Margaret (Wiseman) Simak. www.nndb.com /people/208/000044076   (356 words)

Clifford D. Simak -- Recent and Upcoming Books Part of a series of collections first published in England, where Simak (190488) was always appreciated, this volume offers seven stories (though the copyright page actually lists eight) dating from 193969 and uncollected or very hard to find since their first appearance. Clifford Simak, winner of Hugo, Nebula, Grand Master, and other science fiction awards, was never more clearly a master of modern SF than in this novel of a simple farmer who bridged the gap between humanity and the stars. En route to an interplanetary research mission, a scientist is abducted by a strange, shadowy race of aliens and taken to a previously uncharted planet, a storehouse of information that would be invaluable--even to an Earth so advanced that time travel allows goblins, dinosaurs, even Shakespeare to coexist. www.non.com /books/Simak_Clifford_r.html   (1110 words)

Clifford D. Simak - Old Earth Books It was first published by Gnome Press as a novel in 1952, and named the winner of the International Fantasy Award for the best science fiction novel of the year. This is the novel that garnered the 1963 Hugo Award for Clifford D. Simak, and has earned a special place in the hearts of countless readers who have enjoyed it over the years. Darkside Press has announce the first in a projected twelve-volume series, which will at long last gather all of the short fiction of Clifford D. Simak into book form. www.oldearthbooks.com /simak.htm   (447 words)

Clifford D. Simak, City Old Earth Books has done us the signal service of reissuing two of Simak's most memorable works in honor of the centennial of his birth in 1904, of which City is one. Simak says in his Author's Foreword that City was written out of disillusion: "City," the first story in the series, was published in 1944, in the closing years of the most destructive war in human history, and most of these stories come from the mid- and late 1940s. These stories are absorbing, and the visionary quality is something that contemporary writers in the field seem to have lost to a large extent, though not entirely. www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_simak_city.html   (635 words)

CLIFFORD SIMAK - BOOK HELP WEB PROFILE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Clifford Simak, a science fiction writer, frequently drew upon his Wisconsin roots, frequently advocating a pastoral existence and weaving Midwestern culture throughout his novels. Born in 1904, Simak was a journalist as well as a science fiction writer, working for such newspapers as the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and the Minneapolis Star. He didn’t become a full-time science fiction writer until his retirement from journalism in 1976—though by then he’d already been recognized as a Nebula Grand Master. www.bookhelpweb.com /authors/simak/simak.htm   (101 words)

Clifford Simak Fan Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Clifford Simak, one of the elders of science fiction was often described as a "pastoralist" of the genre. Following is a quote from Simak's interview in Speaking of Science Fiction: The Paul Walker Interviews 1978. The Clifford Simak Discussion Board has found a new life courtesy of Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simak-fan/. www.tc.umn.edu /~brams006/simak   (329 words)

Clifford D. Simak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He won three Hugo awards and one Nebula award, as well as being named the third Grand Master by the SFWA in 1977. Hiram's dog "Towser" (sometimes "Bowser") is another Simak trademark being common to many of Simak's works. Muriel R. Becker Clifford D. Simak, a primary and secondary bibliography (1980) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clifford_D._Simak   (992 words)

Clifford D. Simak -- All Books Clifford Simak / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown Clifford D. Simak / Hardcover / Published December 1993 A collection of short tales by the author of City and Grotto of the Dancing Deer includes the title story, in which God is depicted as an experimental scientist killed by his own creation, and others. www.non.com /books/Simak_Clifford_cc.html   (1678 words)

Clifford D. Simak's Cosmic Engineers. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site All this is told in the usual very enjoyable Simak way, without much feeling of dating despite the fifty plus years since the story was written. The problem was the storyline to me had a very 40s/50s pulp feel and had not aged at all well. This is not a bad book but you would probably be advised to try other Simak's first. www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/s/simakcliffordd/cosmicengineers.html   (220 words)

THE STORIES OF CLIFFORD D. SIMAK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Clifford D. Simak produced over 140 short stories during his long and illustrious career. Darkside Press is pleased to announce the first in a project twelve-volume series which will at long last gather all of the short fiction of Clifford D. Simak into book form. Editor Phil Stephenson-Payne has painstakingly assembled twelve volumes with an eye toward each book serving as an overview of the great author's output. www.darksidepress.com /simakstories.html   (233 words)

Book Note: Clifford D. Simak, Way Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Haven't reread Simak much, and I keep suspecting I've undervalued him. This one was a lot of fun to reread. This one conforms to Simak's reputation for being quiet and thoughtful. dd-b.net /dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/data/simakc-waystation.html   (334 words)

Minnesota Author Biographies Project: Clifford D. Simak Search PALS Catalog for author Searches for works by this author cover the entire PALS online catalog system. Clifford D. Simak, a Primary and Secondary Bibliography by Muriel R. Becker Simak fan page; includes biography, bibliography, and excerpts from books people.mnhs.org /authors/biog_detail.cfm?PersonID=Sima318   (311 words)

Clifford D. Simak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Clifford D. Simak Find where Clifford D. Simak is credited alongside another name You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. www.imdb.com /name/nm0799281   (103 words)

Clifford D. Simak Books for Sale From Rudy's Books Clifford D. Simak Books for Sale From Rudy's Books $2.00 SF All Traps of Earth Hardcover The Best of Clifford Simak SPHERE 7836 '75 vg.. $1.25 SF Other Worlds of Clifford Simak AVON G1124 '62 vg.. www.rudysbooks.com /simak.html   (377 words)

Clifford D. Simak on LibraryThing | Catalog your books online Also known as: Clifford D. Simak, Clifford D.Simak, Simak, C. Simak, C.D. Simak, Clifford Simak, Clifford C. Simak, Clifford D. Simak editor, Clifford Donald Simak, D. The werewolf principle, by Clifford D. Simak 49 copies, 2 reviews www.librarything.com /author/simakcliffordd   (223 words)

PHYSICIAN TO THE UNIVERSE - Clifford D Simak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Voted a Grand Master Award by SFWA, Clifford D. Simak was also honored with the Life Achievement Award from HWA and won numerous other awards during his distinguished career. While his novels have seen numerous reprints, a comprehensive collection of his short fiction has never been offered before. This is the second of a projected twelve-volume series which will at long last gather all of the short fiction of Clifford D. Simak into book form. www.darksidepress.com /simakphysician.html   (181 words)

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