Clifford D. Simak

2 months ago | theportalist.com | Jena Brown |Clifford D. Simak

Born in Millville, Wisconsin in 1904, Clifford Simak grew up developed a love of science fiction after reading H.G. Wells. In 1931, he published a short story, “The World of the Red Sun,” in the December issue of Wonder Stories. A year later, he had successfully placed four more short stories in various publications. Though his work is most well-known in the genre of science fiction, he only had one sci-fi story published between 1932 and 1938.

Jun 28, 2024 | onenewspage.com | Clifford D. Simak

Duration: 20:54s28 Jun 20240 shares1 viewsThe Shipshape Miracle ♦ By Clifford D. SimakCheviot Sherwood doesn’t believe in miracles. They never seem to pay off. So when he’s marooned on a planet with no plan for escape and no working radio, he takes it in stride and prepares for a long stay gathering food, making shelter, and collecting all the diamonds the world has to offer.

Jun 3, 2024 | fantasyliterature.com | Sandy Ferber |Clifford D. Simak

So Bright The Vision by Clifford D. SimakI have been on something of a kick this past year as regards Clifford D. Simak and his shorter fiction of the 1950s. All the Traps of Earth (1962), The Worlds of Clifford Simak (1961) and Other Worlds of Clifford Simak (1962) had all proved to be truly wonderful – or perhaps I should say “wonder-filled” – collections, and I decided to go for just one more.

May 1, 2024 | fantasyliterature.com | Sandy Ferber |Clifford D. Simak

Other Worlds of Clifford Simak by Clifford D. SimakOther Worlds of Clifford Simak is the companion volume to the 1961 Avon paperback The Worlds of Clifford Simak, a collection that had recently impressed me very favorably. As I mentioned in my review of that earlier volume, The Worlds of Clifford Simak was originally released as a Simon & Schuster hardcover in 1960; a rather generous-sized, 378-page affair containing a dozen of the future Grand Master’s stories.

May 1, 2024 | fantasyliterature.com | Sandy Ferber |Clifford D. Simak

The Worlds of Clifford Simak by Clifford D. SimakA recent perusal of Clifford D. Simak’s wonderful collection All the Traps of Earth (from 1962) served to remind this reader of how very excellent the beloved Wisconsin-born novelist could be with the shorter form, and I resolved to read more of his stories in the near future.