Clifford D. Simak Books In Order
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Empire | (1932) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cosmic Engineers | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time and Again / First He Died | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ring Around the Sun | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time is the Simplest Thing / The Fisherman | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble with Tycho | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
They Walked Like Men | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Way Station / Here Gather the Stars | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All Flesh Is Grass | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Werewolf Principle | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Why Call Them Back From Heaven? | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
So Bright the Vision | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Goblin Reservation | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Out of Their Minds | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prehistoric Man | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Destiny Doll | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Choice of Gods | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cemetery World | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Waystation | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Our Children's Children | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enchanted Pilgrimage | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shakespeare's Planet | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Heritage of Stars | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fellowship of the Talisman | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mastodonia / Catface | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Visitors | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Project Pope | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Where the Evil Dwells | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Special Deliverance | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Highway of Eternity | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time Quarry | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak Books
I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Big Front Yard and Other Stories | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Life of Their Own and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Folks' Home and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Death in the House and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Good Night, Mr. James and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shipshape Miracle and Other Stories | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dusty Zebra and Other Stories | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Hellhounds of the Cosmos | (1932) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Street That Wasn't There | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mr. Meek Plays Polo | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Project Mastodon | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World That Couldn't Be | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eternity Lost | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spacebred Generations | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Second Childhood | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
Madness From Mars and Other Short Stories | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
City | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Worlds of Clifford Simak | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strangers in the Universe | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Night of the Puudly | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Other Worlds of Clifford Simak | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All the Traps of Earth and Other Stories | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens for Neighbours | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All the Traps of Earth | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Worlds Without End | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Over the River and Through the Woods | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Skirmish | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Off-Planet | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brother and Other Stories | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Autumn Land and Other Stories | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Immigrant and Other Stories | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Creator and Other Stories | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Civilisation Game and Other Stories | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hellhounds of the Cosmos and Other Tales from the Fourth Dimension | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of The Pulp Writers Books
Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V5, the Pulp Writers - Alan E. Nourse | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V19 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V24 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
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Publication Order of Stellar Books
Stellar Short Novels | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #2 | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #3 | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #4 | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #5 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #6 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #7 | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XII | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Astounding Science Fiction, October 1958 | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mind Partner and 8 Other Novelets from Galaxy | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Novelets of Science Fiction | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alien Worlds | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Microcosmic God | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tomorrow 1| Science Fiction by the Masters | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Award 6 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Generation | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Decade: The 1940's | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #2 | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens: 3 Novellas | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stellar #3 | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perilous Planets | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rod Serling's Other Worlds | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Astounding | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Analog Science Fiction, November 1979 | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The SFWA Grand Masters 1 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Fantastic Stories | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Startling Stories #3 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction Gems, Vol. One | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology of Sci-Fi V21, the Pulp Writers | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Galaxy, Volume Two | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Twelve | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Driftless Reader | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thrilling Wonder Stories - December 1938 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Space Pioneers | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Comet: Stories of Super Time and Space | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Cat Weekly #63 | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
About Clifford D. Simak
An American newspaperman for the majority of his life, Clifford D. Simak was also an extremely well regarded author as well. Mostly focusing on the fantasy and science-fiction genres, he was able to entertain and engage his many readers worldwide, something which he continues to do to this day. Knowing and understanding his audience, he was a well regarded author who managed to really get to the heart of what it was that his audience were actually looking for.
Early and Personal Life
It was in 1904 on the 3rd of August that Clifford D. Simak was born, as he would grow up in Millville, Wisconsin, in the United States. Born and raised in the area, he would come to have a keen love of literature and the written word, nurturing this passion throughout the years. This, in time, would evolve into his work with newspapers, as he would come to be involved heavily in the printing industry.
Over time he would become more heavily invested in this industry and the medium, as he would later branch off into writing for himself full-time. Attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he would later come to teach himself as well in various public schools, finishing in 1929. Friends with Isaac Asimov, he would become an integral part of the science-fiction writing community too, leaving a legacy behind that stands proud to this day.
Writing Career
From an early age, Simak held a fascination for science-fiction, becoming heavily interested in the works of author H.G. Wells. Later writing himself for the publication ‘Wonder Stories’, he would have his first contribution published titled ‘The World of the Red Sun’ in 1931. This would then pave the way to a lifetime spent writing various works and pieces that would come to shape much of the ‘Golden Age of Science-Fiction’ in its early years.
Regularly using themes and concepts that he would often repeat, many of his stories would feature aspects such as a rural setting in Wisconsin, along with protagonists who were rugged and individualistic in their nature. This would see him come to create his own style, one that would definitely stand out from the rest, setting him apart over the years to come. Living with his long time wife Agnes Kuchenberg and their two children Richard Scott and Shelley Ellen, he lived a long and illustrious life, creating many seminal works in the process.
Way Station
First released through the Collier Books publishing label, this was originally published in the month of November in 1963. A stand-alone title, it manages to evoke a number of different ideas and feelings with its entirely self-contained narrative. Published during the middle of Simak’s career too, it also gives an idea of his trajectory as a writer, as well as where he was going too.
A ponderous almost meditative piece, this calls up some of the deeper questions that humanity faces as it progresses at a rapid rate. Seen through the eyes of its leading protagonist Enoch Wallace, the reader has a way in to ask themselves these questions, considering many of the deeper implications. Using broad rural landscape, Simak essentially takes this as his canvas, drawing the reader in to his rich and evocative world. It also shows what can really be done with science-fiction as a genre in terms of message and scope, taking the reader on a journey beyond the stars.
Carrying the same gun that he’s carried ever since the Civil War, the ageless hermit Enoch Wallace spends his days striding across his own untended farm, something which he’s done for almost a century now. Unbeknownst to the world outside though, is that within his house that’s also remained unchanged he communes with a whole host of intergalactic friends. Recruited a hundred years prior by the alien Ulysses, he manages the Earth’s only galactic way station point, tending to the only galactic transfer point between humanity and the stars. Watching as Earth progresses exponentially, he must keep an eye upon the technological developments of humanity, as he comes to realize that the planet is heading on a doomed path. Is there anything that he can do to stop this? Can Ulysses offer any help to him and humanity? What will become of the way station?
Shakespeare’s Planet
Initially published using the Ballantine Books publishing imprint, this was first brought out in the year of 1976. Another stand-alone title, this isn’t a part of any series as such, allowing it to be read casually, with all its messages and ideas contained within. Released not long after the previous book, this is definitely a must for any fans of the author, or simply those looking to find out more.
A fun escapist novel, this really is one of Simak’s highly inventive titles, clearly displaying the sheer breadth and scope of his imagination as a writer. Creating iconic characters as well, he manages to draw the reader in, giving it a very grounded feel, despite it being set light years away. Using rich and evocative imagery too, Simak makes sure to give it all an extremely vivid and vibrant style throughout as well. However far he goes, he always keeps the action and the messages close to home, allowing the reader to really become invested in its narrative. It is his ideas that also continually shine through too, giving thought to the big questions facing humanity once again.
Accompanied by three fellow crew members, Carter Horton is assigned with travelling the stars in order to locate a planet fit for human habitation. Sent into a deep sleep until they arrive at their destination, they’re all placed in suspended animation, but the system’s malfunction leaving only Carter alive. Arriving solo at the destination it’s been two thousand years, and the ship itself is unable to return Carter back to humanity. On the planet though, he meets a single living being called Carnivore, who then proceeds to tell Carter that there is one way back through an inter-space tunnel. Will it get him to where he wants to go though? What will life be like once he does get back? Can he ever hope to survive Shakespeare’s Planet?
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