Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) was born in Millville, Wisconsin, son of John Lewis and Margaret (Wiseman) Simak. He married Agnes Kuchenberg on April 13, 1929 and they had two children, Scott and Shelley. Simak attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later worked at various newspapers in the Midwest. He began a lifelong association with the Minneapolis Star and Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) in 1939, which continued until his retirement in 1976. He became Minneapolis Star 's news editor in 1949 and coordinator of Minneapolis Tribune's Science Reading Series in 1961.



Works

Novels

* The Creator (first magazine publication 1935, first book publication 1946)
* Cosmic Engineers (first magazine publication 1939, first book publication 1950)
* Empire (1951) (Galaxy novel #7)
* Time and Again (1951) [paperback title First He Died]
* City (fixup 1952, "Epilog" added in the 1976 edition, but omitted in some subsequent Science Fiction Book Club reprints)
* Ring Around the Sun (1954)
* Time is the Simplest Thing (1961)
* The Trouble With Tycho (1961)
* They Walked Like Men (1962)
* Way Station (1963)
* All Flesh Is Grass (1965)
* Why Call them Back From Heaven? (1967)
* The Werewolf Principle (1967)
* The Goblin Reservation (1968)
* Out of Their Minds (1970)
* Destiny Doll (1971)
* A Choice of Gods (1972)
* Cemetery World (1973)
* Our Children's Children (1974)
* Enchanted Pilgrimage (1975)
* Shakespeare's Planet (1976)
* A Heritage of Stars (1977)
* The Fellowship of the Talisman (1978)
* Mastodonia (1978) [UK title Catface]
* The Visitors (1980)
* Project Pope (1981)
* Where the Evil Dwells (1982)
* Special Deliverance (1982)
* Highway of Eternity (1986) [alternate title Highway to Eternit]

Collections

* Strangers in the Universe (1956) (contents revised in 1957 and 1958). Paperback contains 7 of 11 stories from hardback edition: “Target Generation”, “Mirage”, “Beachhead”, “The Answers”, “Retrograde Evolution”, “The Fence”, and “Shadow Show”.
* The Worlds of Clifford Simak (1960)
* Aliens for Neighbours (1961) (UK reprint of The Worlds of Clifford Simak)
* All the Traps of Earth and Other Stories (1962) (contents revised in 1963) Contains “All the Traps of Earth”, “Good Night, Mr. James”, “Drop Dead”, “The Sitters”, “Installment Plan”, and “Condition of Employment”.
* Other Worlds of Clifford Simak (1962) (abridgement of The Worlds of Clifford Simak (1961) Contains “Dusty Zebra”, “Carbon Copy”, “Founding Father”, “Idiot’s Crusade”, “Death Scene”, and “Green Thumb”.
* The Night of the Puudly (1964) (UK reprint of All the Traps of Earth and Other Stories)
* Worlds Without End (1964) Contains “Worlds Without End”, “The Spaceman’s Van Gogh”, and “Full Cycle”.
* Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford Simak (1967)
* So Bright the Vision (1968) Contains “The Golden Bugs”, “Leg. Forst.”, “So Bright the Vision,” and “Galactic Chest”.
* The Best of Clifford D. Simak (1975) Contains “1939: Madness from Mars”, “1940: Sunspot Purge”, “1958: The Sitters”, “1959: A Death in the House”, “1960: Final Gentlemen”, “1961: Shotgun Cure”, “1963: Day of Truce”, “1965: Small Deer”, “1970: The Thing in the Stone”, and “1971: The Autumn Land”.
* Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak (1977) Contains “Huddling Place”, “Desertion”, “Skirmish”, “Good Night, Mr. James”, “The Sitters”, “The Big Front Yard”, “All the Traps of Earth”, “The Thing in the Stone”, “The Autumn Land”, and “The Ghost of a Model T”.
* Brother And Other Stories (1986)
* The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories (1986)
* Off-Planet (1989)
* The Autumn Land and Other Stories (1990)
* Immigrant and Other Stories (1991)
* The Creator and Other Stories (1993)
* Over the River and Through the Woods: The Best Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak (1996)
* The Civilization Game and Other Stories (1997)

Non-fiction

* The Solar System: Our New Front Yard (1962)
* Trilobite, Dinosaur, and Man: The Earth's Story (1965)
* Wonder and Glory: The Story of the Universe (1969)
* Prehistoric Man: The Story of Man's Rise to Civilization (1971)

Books edited by Clifford D. Simak

* From Atoms to Infinity: Readings in Modern Science (1965)
* The March of Science (1971)
* Nebula Award Stories #6 (1971)
* The Best of Astounding (1978)

Awards

* International Fantasy Award for best fiction book (1953) for City
* Hugo award for best novelette (1959) for The Big Front Yard
* Hugo award for best novel (1964) for Way Station
* Minnesota Academy of Science Award for distinguished service to science 1967
* First Fandom Hall of Fame award 1973
* Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award 1976
* Jupiter award for best novel (1978) for A Heritage of Stars
* Hugo award for best short story (1981) for Grotto of the Dancing Deer
* Nebula award for best short story (1981) for Grotto of the Dancing Deer
* Locus Award for best short story (1981) for Grotto of the Dancing Deer
* Analog Analytical Laboratory award for best short story (1981) for Grotto of the Dancing Deer
* Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement award 1988