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Clifford D. Simak
Born August 3, 1904(1904-08-03)
Millville, Wisconsin
Died April 25, 1988 (aged 83)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation Journalist, novelist, short story author
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy

Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) was a leading American science fiction writer. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Millville is the name of some places in North America:;United States Millville California Millville Delaware Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) He won three Hugo awards and one Nebula award, as well as being named the third Grand Master by the SFWA in 1977. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is an Award given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

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Biography

Clifford Donald Simak was born in Millville, Wisconsin, son of John Lewis and Margaret (Wiseman) Simak. Millville is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. He married Agnes Kuchenberg on April 13, 1929 and they had two children, Scott and Shelley. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Simak attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later worked at various newspapers in the Midwest. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. He began a lifelong association with the Minneapolis Star and Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) in 1939, which continued until his retirement in 1976. The Star Tribune (also Star Trib or Strib, as it is often referred to is the largest Newspaper in the U He became Minneapolis Star 's news editor in 1949 and coordinator of Minneapolis Tribune's Science Reading Series in 1961. He died in Minneapolis.

Writing career

Simak became interested in science fiction after reading the works of H. G. Wells as a child. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political He started writing for science fiction pulp magazines in 1931, but dropped out of the field by 1933. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines The only science-fiction piece that he published between 1933 and 1937 was The Creator (Marvel Tales #4, March-April 1935), a notable story with religious implications, which was at the time a rarity in the genre of science fiction. The Creator is a Science fiction novelette by author Clifford D Marvel Tales is the title of three American Comic-book series published by Marvel Comics, the first of them from the company's 1950s predecessor Atlas A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set

Once John W. Campbell began redefining the field in late 1937, Simak returned to science fiction and was a regular contributor to Astounding Stories throughout the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1938-1950). John Wood Campbell Jr (June 8 1910 – July 11 1971 was an important Science fiction editor and writer Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine. The first Golden Age of Science Fiction, often recognized as a period from the late 1930s or early 1940s through to the 1950s was an era during which the science fiction genre gained wide His first publications, such as Cosmic Engineers (1939), were in the traditions of the earlier superscience subgenre perfected by E. E. "Doc" Smith, but he soon developed his own style, which is usually described as gentle and pastoral. E E Smith, also Edward Elmer Smith PhD, EE "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, and (to family Ted Pastoral, as an adjective refers to the lifestyle of Shepherds and Pastoralists moving livestock around larger areas of land according to seasons and availability A typical Simak alien is much more likely to be seen sitting on a porch in rural Wisconsin drinking beer with the protagonist than invading Earth. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. This article is about invasion by Extra-terrestrial beings as a theme for other uses of the term see Alien invasion (disambiguation. During this period, Simak also published a number of war and western stories in pulp magazines. Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West between the years of 1860 and 1900 His best known novel may be City, a collection of short stories with a common theme of mankind's eventual exodus from Earth. City is a 1952 Science fiction Fix-up novel by Clifford D Simak.

Simak continued to produce award-nominated novels throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The quality of his longer pieces somewhat declined in the 1970s as his health deteriorated, although his short fiction was still well regarded. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Aided by a friend, he continued writing and publishing science fiction and, later, fantasy, into his 80s. He believed that science fiction not rooted in scientific fact was responsible for the failure of the genre to be taken seriously, and stated that his aim was to make the genre a part of what he called "realistic fiction. "

Common themes

Also see transmogs. In the science fiction stories of Clifford D Simak, such as Installment plan, transmogs are special-purpose auxiliary brains that can be plugged into robots

Simak's best known stories often repeat a few basic ideas and themes. First and foremost, of course, is a setting in rural Wisconsin. A crusty individualistic backwoodsman character literally comes with the territory, the best example being Hiram Taine, the protagonist of The Big Front Yard. The Big Front Yard is a science fiction short story by Clifford D Hiram's dog "Towser" (sometimes "Bowser") is another Simak trademark being common to many of Simak's works. But the rural setting is not always idyllic as here. And in Ring Around the Sun it is largely dominated by intolerance and isolationism.

Another idea often found in the stories is the idea that there is no past time for a time traveler to go to. Instead our world moves along in a stream of time, and to move to a different place in time is to move to another world altogether. Thus in City our Earth is overrun by ants, but the intelligent dogs and the remaining humans escape to other worlds in the time stream. In Ring Around the Sun the persecuted paranormals escape to other Earths which, if they could all be seen at once, would be at different stages of their orbit around the sun, hence the title. In Time is the Simplest Thing a paranormal escapes a mob by moving back in time, only to find that the past is a place where there are no living things and inanimate objects are barely substantial. Time travel also plays an important role in the ingeniously constructed Time and Again, in which a space traveler returns with an SF-slanted yet in tone religious message. Clifford Donald Simak ( August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) was a major American Science fiction writer

An important theme (or theme group) concerns robots, who in Simak's case are usually very likable mechanical persons. In the novella All the Traps of Earth (in the collection of the same title) the robot Daniel seeks freedom having served men for a very long time, only to find in the end that he has become more human than he had thought. There is also the faithful butler Jenkins in City, the religious robot Hezekiel in A Choice of Gods and the theological project of the robots in Project Pope. City is a 1952 Science fiction Fix-up novel by Clifford D Simak.

The religious theme is often present in Simak's work, but the protagonists who have searched for God in a traditional sense, tend to find something more abstract and inhuman. Hezekiel in A Choice of Gods can not accept this. Quote: "God must be, forever, a kindly old (human) gentleman with a long, white, flowing beard. "

One finds many other traditional SF-themes in Simak's work. The importance of knowledge and compassion in Immigrant and Kindergarten. Identity play, at times almost in a Philip Dick like manner, as in Good Night. Mr James (filmed as The Outer Limits: The Duplicate Man in 1964). Fictions come to life in Shadow Show and elsewhere. And there is the revolt of the machines in Skirmish. And the rather horrifying meeting with an alien world in Beachhead. (Many of these stories are to be found in Strangers in the Universe).

Simak's range

Simak's short stories and longer novellas range from the contemplative and thoughtfully idyllic to pure terror, although the punch line is often characteristically understated, as in Good Night Mr. James and Skirmish. There is also a group of humorous stories, of which The Big Front Yard is the most successful. The Big Front Yard is a science fiction short story by Clifford D And Way Station is in the midst of all of the science fiction paraphernalia a moving psychological study of a very lonely man who has to make peace with his past and finally manages to do so, but not without personal loss. Way Station is a 1963 Science fiction Novel by Clifford D Simak, originally published as Here Gather the Stars in two The contemplative nature of the Simak character is a recurring trait both of theme and of the author's style.

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Non-fiction

Books edited by Clifford D. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Simak

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Awards

Books about Clifford D. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The International Fantasy Award was an annual Literary award for the best Science fiction or Fantasy book and in 1951-1953 the best non-fiction book of Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. First Fandom Hall of Fame award is an annual award for contributions to the field of Science fiction dating back more than 30 years Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is an Award given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 " Grotto of the Dancing Deer " is one of Clifford D Simak 's later short stories The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus Magazine 's annual readers' poll Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Simak

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