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Clifford D. Simak

Lifespan
1904 – 1988
Nationality
American
Active
1932 – 1963
Works held
10

Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988) was a Minnesota newspaperman who became one of science fiction's most distinctive voices, celebrated for a warm, pastoral vision at odds with the genre's usual chrome and rockets. City, a fix-up about dogs inheriting the Earth, and the Hugo-winning Way Station are his best-known works. Named a Grand Master by the SFWA, he brought quiet dignity, rural landscapes and a deep tenderness to the far future.

The works

  1. 1963
    Cover of The Shipshape Miracle The Shipshape Miracle
  2. 1958
    Cover of The World That Couldn't Be The World That Couldn't Be
  3. 1955
    Cover of Project Mastodon Project Mastodon
  4. 1951
    Cover of Empire Empire Cover of Second Childhood Second Childhood
  5. 1950
    Cover of The call from beyond The call from beyond
  6. 1944
    Cover of Mr. Meek Plays Polo Mr. Meek Plays Polo Cover of Mr. Meek—Musketeer Mr. Meek—Musketeer
  7. 1941
    Cover of The Street That Wasn't There The Street That Wasn't There
  8. 1932
    Cover of Hellhounds of the Cosmos Hellhounds of the Cosmos

Wrote across

1930s1940s1950s1960s

Recurring themes

Space OperaFirst ContactColonizationSocial SFHard SFHorrorAdventureTime Travel

Kindred authors shared themes

Frank Belknap LongNelson S. BondPhilip K. DickRandall GarrettRobert SilverbergStephen MarloweAlan Edward NourseBasil Wells

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettGeorge O. SmithStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterNelson S. BondVariousBryce WaltonH. Beam PiperMack ReynoldsAlan Edward Nourse

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