As a young teenager, I discovered three of Simaks books while impatiently waiting for more Andre Norton books to come out. The Werewolf Principle, Way Station, and Goblin Reservation. These three fantastic stories opened my eyes to the fact that there was more to SF than just Norton.
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First Published Novel: The Creator (first magazine publication 1935, first book publication 1946)
Final Novel: Highway of Eternity (1986)
Novels by Clfford D. Simak:
The Creator (1946)
Cosmic Engineers (1950)
Time and Again (1951) aka First He Died
Empire (1951)
City (1952)
Ring Around the Sun (1953)
Time Is the Simplest Thing (1961) aka The Fisherman
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)
So Bright the Vision (1968)
The Goblin Reservation (1968)
Out of Their Minds (1969)
Destiny Doll (1971)
Prehistoric Man (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)
Catface (1979)
The Visitors (1980)
Project Pope (1981)
Special Deliverance (1982)
Where the Evil Dwells (1982)
Highway of Eternity (1986)
Collections:
Strangers in the Universe (1956)
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)
Other Worlds of Clifford Simak (1962) - (abridgment of The Worlds of Clifford Simak (1961)
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak (1967)
The Best of Clifford D. Simak (1975)
Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak (1977)
Brother And Other Stories (1986)
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)
Short stories:
The World of the Red Sun - Wonder Stories - Dec-31
Mutiny on Mercury - Wonder Stories - Mar-32
The Voice in the Void - Wonder Stories Quarterly - Spring 1932
Hellhounds of the Cosmos - Astounding - Jun-32
The Asteroid of Gold - Wonder Stories - Nov-32
The Creator - Marvel Tales, Volume 1, #4 - March/April 1935
“Rule 18” - Astounding Science Fiction - Jul-38
Hunger Death - Astounding Science Fiction - Oct-38
Reunion on Ganymede - Astounding Science Fiction - Nov-38
The Loot of Time - Thrilling Wonder Stories - Dec-38
Cosmic Engineers - Astounding Science Fiction - February, March, April 1939
Madness from Mars - Thrilling Wonder Stories - Apr-39
Hermit of Mars - Astounding Science Fiction - Jun-39
The Space Beasts - Astounding Science Fiction - Apr-40
Rim of the Deep - Astounding Science Fiction - May-40
Clerical Error - Astounding Science Fiction - Aug-40
Sunspot Purge - Astounding Science Fiction - Nov-40
Masquerade - Astounding Science Fiction - Mar-41
Earth for Inspiration - Thrilling Wonder Stories - Apr-41
Spaceship in a Flask - Astounding Science Fiction - Jul-41
The Street That Wasn't There - Comet - Jul-41
Tools - Astounding Science Fiction - Jul-42
Shadow of Life - Astounding Science Fiction - Mar-43
Hunch - Astounding Science Fiction - Jul-43
Infiltration - Science Fiction Stories - Jul-43
Message from Mars - Planet Stories - Fall 1943
Ogre - Astounding Science Fiction - Jan-44
Lobby - Astounding Science Fiction - Apr-44
City - Astounding Science Fiction - May-44
Mr. Meek - Musketeer - Planet Stories - Summer 1944
Huddling Place - Astounding Science Fiction - Jul-44
Mr. Meek Plays Polo - Planet Stories - Fall 1944
Census - Astounding Science Fiction - Sep-44
Desertion - Astounding Science Fiction - Nov-44
“Paradise” - Astounding Science Fiction - Jun-46
Hobbies - Astounding Science Fiction - Nov-46
Aesop - Astounding Science Fiction - Dec-47
Eternity Lost - Astounding Science Fiction - Jul-49
Limiting Factor - Startling Stories - Nov-49
Bathe Your Bearings in Blood! - Amazing Stories - 1950
The Call from Beyond - Super Science Stories - May-50
Seven Came Back - Amazing Stories - Oct-50
The Trouble with Ants - Fantastic Adventures - Jan-51
Second Childhood - Galaxy Science Fiction - Feb-51
Good Night, Mr. James - Galaxy Science Fiction - Mar-51
You’ll Never Go Home Again - Fantastic Adventures - Jul-51
Courtesy - Astounding Science Fiction - Aug-51
The Fence - Space Science Fiction - Sep-52
And The Truth Shall Make You Free - Future Science Fiction - Mar-53
Retrograde Evolution - Science Fiction Plus - Apr-53
Junkyard - Galaxy Science Fiction - May-53
Kindergarten - Galaxy Science Fiction - Jul-53
Worrywart - Galaxy Science Fiction - Sep-53
Shadow Show - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Nov-53
Contraption - Star Science Fiction Stories #1 - 1953
The Questing of Foster Adams - Fantastic Universe - August/September 1953
Spacebred Generations - Science Fiction Plus - Aug-53
Immigrant - Astounding Science Fiction - Mar-54
Neighbor - Astounding Science Fiction - Jun-54
Green Thumb - 'Galaxy Science Fiction' - Jul-54
Dusty Zebra - 'Galaxy Science Fiction' - Sep-54
Idiot's Crusade - Galaxy Science Fiction - Oct-54
How-2 - Galaxy Science Fiction - Nov-54
Project Mastodon - Galaxy Science Fiction - Mar-55
Full Cycle - Science Fiction Stories - Nov-55
Worlds Without End - Future #31 - 1956
The Spaceman's Van Gogh - Science Fiction Stories - Mar-56
Drop Dead - Galaxy Science Fiction - Jul-56
So Bright the Vision - Fantastic Universe - Aug-56
Honorable Opponent - Galaxy Science Fiction - Aug-56
Galactic Chest - Science Fiction Stories - Sep-56
Jackpot - Galaxy Science Fiction - Oct-56
Operation Stinky - Galaxy Science Fiction - Apr-57
Founding Father - Galaxy Science Fiction - May-57
Lulu - Galaxy Science Fiction - Jun-57
Shadow World - Galaxy Science Fiction - Sep-57
Death Scene - Infinity Science Fiction - Oct-57
Carbon Copy - Galaxy Science Fiction - Dec-57
Nine Lives - Short Stories: A Man's Magazine - Dec-57
The World That Couldn’t Be - Galaxy Science Fiction - Jan-58
Leg. Forst. - Infinity Science Fiction - Apr-58
The Sitters - Galaxy Science Fiction - Apr-58
The Money Tree - Venture Science Fiction - Jul-58
The Big Front Yard - Astounding Science Fiction - Oct-58
The Civilization Game - Galaxy Magazine - Nov-58
Installment Plan - Galaxy Magazine - Feb-59
No Life of Their Own - Galaxy Magazine - Aug-59
A Death in the House - Galaxy Magazine - Oct-59
Final Gentleman - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Jan-60
Crying Jag - Galaxy Magazine - Feb-60
All the Traps of Earth - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Mar-60
The Gleaners - IF - Mar-60
Condition of Employment - Galaxy Magazine - Apr-60
The Golden Bugs - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Jun-60
Shotgun Cure - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Jan-61
Horrible Example - Analog Science Fiction - Mar-61
The Shipshape Miracle - IF (Worlds of IF Science Fiction) - Jan-63
Day of Truce - Galaxy Magazine - Feb-63
Physician to the Universe - Fantastic Science Fiction - Mar-63
A Pipeline to Destiny - HKLPLOD #4 - Summer 1963
New Folk's Home - Analog Science Fiction - Jul-63
Small Deer” - Galaxy Magazine - Oct-65
Over the River and Through the Woods - Amazing Stories - May-65
Buckets of Diamonds - Galaxy Magazine - Apr-69
I Am Crying All Inside - Galaxy Magazine - Aug-69
The Thing in the Stone - IF (Worlds of If Science Fiction) - Mar-70
The Autumn Land - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Oct-71
To Walk a City's Street - Infinity #3 - 1972
The Observer - Analog Science Fiction - May-72
Construction Shack - Worlds of If - January/February 1973
UNIVAC: 2200 - Frontiers 1: Tomorrow’s Alternatives - 1973
The Marathon Photograph - Threads of Time - 1974
The Birch Clump Cylinder - Stellar #1 - 1974
The Ghost of a Model T - Epoch - 1975
Senior Citizen - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Oct-75
Unsilent Spring - Stellar #2 - 1976
Auk House - Stellar #3 - 1977
Brother - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Oct-77
Party Line - Destinies - 1978
Grotto of the Dancing Deer - Analog Science Fiction - Apr-80
The Whistling Well - Dark Forces - 1980
Epilog - City - 1981
Byte Your Tongue! - Stellar #6 - 1981
This was one of the first Simak stories that I read, and I find myself re-reading every few years.
From the Paperback:
"An ageless hermit runs a secret way station for alien visitors in the Wisconsin woods in this Hugo Award-winning science fiction classic Enoch Wallace is not like other humans. Living a secluded life in the backwoods of Wisconsin, he carries a nineteenth-century rifle and never seems to age-a fact that has recently caught the attention of prying government eyes. The truth is, Enoch is the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War and, for close to a century, he has operated a secret way station for aliens passing through on journeys to other stars. But the gifts of knowledge and immortality that his intergalactic guests have bestowed upon him are proving to be a nightmarish burden, for they have opened Enoch's eyes to humanity's impending destruction. Still, one final hope remains for the human race . . . though the cure could ultimately prove more terrible than the disease. . . ."
The first Simak book I picked up, The Werewolf Principle opened the way to other SF Authors.
From the E-Book:
"Many centuries in the future, a two-hundred-year-old man is discovered hibernating in a space capsule orbiting a distant star. Transported back to his home planet, Andrew Blake awakens to an Earth he does not recognize—a world of flying cars and sentient floating houses—with no memory whatsoever of his history or purpose. But he has not returned alone. The last survivor of a radical experiment abandoned more than a century earlier, Blake was genetically altered to be able to adapt to extreme alien environments, and now he can sense other presences inhabiting his mind and body. One is a biological computer of astonishing power; the other is a powerful creature akin to a large wolf. And Blake is definitely not the one in control. With his sanity hanging in the balance, Blake’s only option is to set out in frantic pursuit of his past, the truth, his destiny—and quite possibly the fate of humankind."
Robot religion, Galactic Travel by mental power, and billions of missing earth people
From the Hardcover:
"A handful of humans and a multitude of robots create a new society on a mysteriously abandoned Earth in this breathtaking science fiction classic from one of the genre's acknowledged masters.
What if you woke up one morning on Earth...and no one else was there? That is the reality that greeted a handful of humans, including Jason Whitney, his wife Martha, and the remnants of a tribe of Native Americans in the year 2135. Their inexplicable abandonment had unexpected benefits: the eventual development of mental telepathy and other extrasensory powers, inner peace, and, best of all, near immortality. Now, 5,000 years later, most of the remaining humans live a tranquil, pastoral life, leaving technological and religious exploration to the masses of robot servants who no longer have humans to serve.
But the unexpected reappearance of Jason's brother, who had teleported to the stars many years before, threatens to change everything yet again - for John Whitney is the bearer of startling information about where Earth's population went and why. And the most disturbing news of all: They may finally be coming home again. "
Very entertaining foray into fantasy - an alternate reality where the Dark Ages never ended.
From the E-Book:
"In an alternate world where the Dark Ages never ended, “the Evil” that arises every five hundred years has prevented all manner of technological advancement, even well into the twentieth century. The son of a powerful English noble, young Duncan Standish has always longed to be a soldier of the Lord, and now he’s been offered a rare opportunity to fulfill his dream. Entrusted with the delivery of an ancient manuscript—purported to be irrefutable evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ—to a noted Oxenford scholar, Duncan must journey many perilous miles in the company of a motley group of fellow travelers, including a goblin, a ghost, and other magical and non-magical companions. But the road they traverse together is fraught with terrible trials that would test even the most devout, for the Evil is strong in this place of dark wonders."
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