Clifford D. Simak

Parallel Worlds of Clifford D. Simak

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Clifford Simak's Awards

1953 International Fantasy Award for City

1959 Hugo Award for The Big Front Yard

1964 Hugo Award for Way Station

1973 First Fandom Hall of Fame Award (induction to Science Fiction Hall of Fame)

Minnesota Academy of Science Award, 1976, for distinguished service to science

Nebula Grand Master Award from Science Fiction Writers of America, 1976 for lifetime achievement

Jupiter Award for best novel from the Instructors of Science Fiction in Higher Education, 1978
for A Heritage of Stars

Nebula Award 1980 for Grotto of the Dancing Deer

Analog Award 1981 for Grotto of the Dancing Deer

1981 Hugo Award for Grotto of the Dancing Deer

Locus Poll Award for best short story 1981 for Grotto of the Dancing Deer

1987 Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement

Most Important Clifford Simak's SF Writings

*The Creator*	Crawford, 1946 (a novel that originally appeared in Marvel Tales, March/April, 1935)
*Cosmic Engineers*	orig. publ. in three parts in Astounding, February 1939, March 1939, and April 1939 Gnome Press, 1950 (a novel)
*Time and Again*	orig. appeared in three parts as Time Quarry in Galaxy, October 1950, November 1950, and December 1950 Simon & Schuster, 1951 (a novel) (in Dell Book also as First He Died)
*Empire*	Galaxy , 1951 (a novel)

*City*	Gnome Press, 1952 (a novel)
	City (orig. Astounding, May 1944)
	Huddling Place (orig. Astounding, July 1944)
	Census (orig. Astounding, September 1944)
	Desertion (orig. Astounding, November 1944)
	Paradise (orig. Astounding, June 1946)
	Hobbies (orig. Astounding, November 1946)
	Aesop (orig. Astounding, December 1947)
	The Simple Way (orig. Fantastic Adventures, January 1951)

Ring Around the Sun

orig. publ. in three parts in Galaxy, December 1952 (Vol.5, n.3), January 1953 (Vol. 5, n. 4), February 1953 (Vol.5, n.5)

Simon & Schuster 1953 (a novel)

*Strangers in the Universe*	Simon & Schuster, 1956 (a story collection)
	The Answers (And the Truth Shall Make You Free) (orig. Future, March 1953)
	Beachhead (orig. Fantastic Adventures, July 1951)
	Contraption (orig. Star Science Fiction Stories, Ed. by Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953)
	The Fence (orig. Space SF, September 1952)
	Immigrant (orig. Astounding, March 1954)
	Kindergarten, (orig. Galaxy, July 1953)
	Mirage (Seven Came Back) (orig. Amazing, October 1950)
	Retrograde Evolution (orig. SF Plus, April 1953)
	Shadow Show (orig. S&SF, November 1953)
	Skirmish (Bathe Your Bearing in Blood!) (orig. Amazing, December 1950)
	Target Generation (orig. SF Plus, August 1953)

*The Worlds of Clifford Simak*	Simon & Schuster, 1960 (a story collection)
	The Big Front Yard (orig. Astounding, October 1958)
	Carbon Copy (orig. Galaxy, December 1957)
	Death Scene (orig. Infinity Science Fiction, October 1957)
	Dusty Zebra (orig. Galaxy, September 1954)
	Founding Father (orig. Galaxy, May 1957)
	Green Thumb (orig. Galaxy, July 1954)
	Honorable Opponent (orig. Galaxy, August 1956)
	Idiot's Crusade (orig. Galaxy, October 1954)
	Jackpot (orig. Galaxy, October 1956)
	Lulu (orig. Galaxy, June 1957)
	Neighbor (orig. Astounding, June 1954)
	Operation Stinky (orig. Galaxy, April 1957)

Aliens for Neighbours

Great Britain's version of the collection The Worlds of Clifford Simak

Time is the Simplest Thing

orig. publ. in four parts as Fisherman in Analog, April, May, June, July 1961

Doubleday, 1961 (a novel)

The Trouble with Tycho

Ace Double, 1961 (a novel)

Other Worlds of Clifford Simak

Avon, 1962 (a story collection)
i.e. abbriviated collection from The Worlds of Clifford Simak containing only:

Carbon Copy
Death Scene
Dusty Zebra
Founding Father
Green Thumb
Idiot's Crusade

*All the Traps of Earth and Other Stories*	Double, 1962 (a story collection)
	All the Traps of Earth (orig. F&SF, March 1960)
	Condition of Employment (orig. Galaxy, April 1960)
	Crying Jag (orig. Galaxy, February 1960)
	Drop Dead (orig. Galaxy, July 1956)
	Good Night, Mr. James (The Duplicate Man) (orig. Galaxy, March 1951)
	Installment Plan (orig. Galaxy, February 1959)
	No Life of Their Own (orig. Galaxy, August 1959)
	Project Mastodon (orig. Galaxy, March 1955)
	The Sitters (orig. Galaxy, April 1958)

*All the Traps of Earth*	Galaxy, 1962 (a story collection)
	All the Traps of Earth (orig. F&SF, March 1960)
	Drop Dead (orig. Galaxy, July 1956)
	No Life of Their Own (orig. Galaxy, August 1959)
	The Sitters (orig. Galaxy, April 1958)

All the Traps of Earth (1964) (a story collection, abbreviated from the original collection, publ. in Great Britain)
Night of the Puudly (1964) (a story collection publ. in Great Britain)

They Walked Like Men

Doubleday, 1962 (a novel)

Way Station

orig. publ. in two parts as Here Gather the Stars in Galaxy, June 1963 and August 1963

Doubleday, 1963 (a novel, 1964 Hugo Award)

*Worlds Without End*	Belmont, 1964 (a story collection)
	Full Cycle (orig. SF Stories, November 1955)
	The Spaceman's Van Gogh (orig. SF Stories, March 1956)
	Worlds Without End (orig. Future, 31, 1956)

All Flesh is Grass

Doubleday, 1965 (a novel)

*Best SF Stories of Clifford Simak*	Faber & Faber, 1967 (a story collection)
	Founding Father (orig. Galaxy 1957)
	Immigrant (orig. Astounding, March1954)
	New Folks' Home (orig. Analog, July 1963)
	Crying Jag (orig. Galaxy, February 1960)
	All the Traps of Earth (orig. F&SF, March 1960)
	Lulu (orig. Galaxy, June 1957)
	Neighbor (orig. Astounding, June1954)

*The Werewolf Principle*	Putnam, 1967 (a novel)
*Why Call Them Back From Heaven?*	Doubleday, 1967 (a novel)

*So Bright the Vision*	Ace Double, 1968 (a story collection)
	Galactic Chest (orig. SF Stories, September 1956)
	The Golden Bugs (orig. F&SF, June 1960)
	Leg. Forst. (orig. Infinity, April 1958)
	So Bright the Vision (orig. Fantastic Universe, August 1956)

*The Goblin Reservation*	Putnam, 1968 (a novel)
*Out of Their Minds*	Putnam, 1970 (a novel)
*Destiny Doll*	Putnam, 1971 (a novel)
*A Choice of Gods*	Putnam, 1972 (a novel)
*Cemetery World*	orig. publ. in three parts Analog, November, December 1972, January 1973 Putnam, 1973 (a novel)
*Our Children's Children*	orig. publ. in two parts in Worlds of If Science Fiction, May/June and July/August 1973 Putnam, 1974 (a novel)
*Enchanted Pilgrimage*	Berkley, 1975 (a novel)

The Marathon Photograph

a novel orig. publ. in: R. Silverberg (Ed.): Threads of Time, Nelson, 1974

*The Best of Clifford D. Simak*	Sidgwick & Jackson 1975 (a story collection published in Great Britain)
	The Autumn Land (orig. F&SF, October 1971)
	Day of Truce (orig. Galaxy, February 1963)
	A Death in the House (orig. Galaxy, October 1959)
	Final Gentleman (orig. F&SF, January 1960)
	Madness from Mars (orig. Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1939)
	Shotgun Cure (orig.F&SF, January 1961)
	The Sitters (orig. Galaxy, April 1958)
	Small Deer (orig. Galaxy, October 1965)
	Sunspot Purge (orig. Astounding, November 1940)
	The Thing in the Stone (orig. If, March 1970)

*Shakespeare's Planet*	Berkley, 1976 (a novel)
*A Heritage of Stars*	Berkley, 1977 (a novel)

*Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak*	Putnam, Berkley 1977 (a story collection)
	All the Traps of Earth (orig. F&SF, March 1960)
	The Autumn Land (orig. F&SF, October 1971)
	The Big Front Yard (orig. Astounding, October 1958)
	Desertion (orig. Astounding, November 1944)
	The Ghost of a Model T (orig. *Epoch*, Ed. by Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975)
	Good Night, Mr. James (orig. Galaxy, March 1951)
	Huddling Place (orig. Astounding, July 1944)
	The Sitters (orig. Galaxy, April 1958)
	The Thing in the Stone (orig. If, March 1970)

*The Fellowship of the Talisman*	Ballantine, 1978 (a novel)
*Mastodonia*	Ballantine, 1978 (a novel)
*Catface*	English edition of Mastodonia
*The Visitors*	Ballantine, 1980 (a novel)
*Project Pope*	Ballantine, 1981 (a novel)
*Special Deliverance*	Ballantine, 1982 (a novel)
*Where the Evil Dwells*	Ballantine, 1982 (a novel)
*Highway of Eternity*	Ballantine, 1986 (a novel)

*The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories*	Severn House, 1986 (story collection publ. in Great Britain)
	The Birch Clump Cylinder (orig. *Stellar*, Ed. by Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine 1977)
	Grotto of the Dancing Deer (orig. Analog, April 1980)
	The Marathon Photograph (orig. *Threads of Time*, Ed. by Robert Silverberg, Nelson 1974)
	The Whistling Well (orig. *Dark Forces*, Ed. by Kirby McCauley, Viking 1980)

*Brother and Other Stories*	Severn House, 1987 (story collection publ. in Great Britain)
	Auk House (orig. *Stellar*, Ed. by Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine 1977)
	Brother (orig. F&SF, October 1977)
	Kindergarten (orig. Galaxy, July 1953)
	Over the River and Through the Woods (orig. Amazing, May 1965)

*Off-Planet*	Methuen, 1988 (a story collection)
	The Observer (orig. Analog, May 1972)
	Construction Shack (orig. Worlds of If, January/February 1973)
	Junkyard (orig. Galaxy, May 1953)
	Mirage (orig. Amazing, October 1950)
	Ogre (orig. Astounding, January 1944)
	Shadow World (orig. Galaxy, September 1957)
	The World That Couldn't Be (orig. Galaxy, January 1958)

*The Autumn Land and Other Stories*	Mandarin, 1989 (a story collection publ. in Great Britain)
	The Autumn Land (orig. F&SF, October 1971)
	Contraption (orig. Star Science Fiction Stories, Ed. by Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953)
	Courtesy (orig. Astounding, August 1951)
	Gleaners (orig. If, March 1960)
	Jackpot (orig. Galaxy, October 1956)
	Rule 18 (orig. Astounding, July 1938)

*Immigrant and Other Stories*	Mandarin, 1991 (a story collection opubl. in Great Britain)
	Neighbor (orig. Astounding, June 1954)
	Green Thumb (orig. Galaxy, July 1954)
	Small Deer (orig. Galaxy, October 1965)
	The Ghost of a Model T (orig. *Epoch*, Ed. by Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975)
	Byte Your Tongue! (orig. *Stellar*, Ed. by Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981)
	I Am Crying All Inside (orig. Galaxy, August 1969)
	Immigrant (orig. Astounding, March 1954)

*The Creator and Other Stories*	Severn House, 1993 (story collection publ. in Great Britain)
	All the Traps of Earth (orig. F&SF, March 1960)
	The Answers (orig. Future, March 1953)
	The Creator (orig. Marvel Tales, March/April, 1935)
	Death Scene (orig. Infinity Science Fiction, October 1957)
	The Money Tree (orig. Venture, July 1958)
	Party Line (orig. Destinies, November 1978)
	Reunion on Ganymede (orig. Astounding, November 1938)
	Shotgun Cure (orig. F&SF, January 1961)
	The Thing in the Stone (orig. If, March 1970)

*Over the River and Through the Woods:*	Tachyon, 1996 (a story collection)
*The Best Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak*	A Death in the House (orig. Galaxy, October 1959)
	The Big Front Yard (orig. Astounding, October 1958)
	Goodnight Mr. James (orig. Galaxy, March 1951)
	Dusty Zebra (orig. Galaxy, September 1954)
	Neighbor (orig. Astounding June 1954)
	Over the River & Through the Woods (orig. Amazing, May 1965)
	Construction Shack (orig. Worlds of If, January/February 1973)
	Grotto of the Dancing Deer (orig. Analog, April 1980)

*The Civilisation Game and Other Stories*	Severn House, 1997 (story collection publ. in Great Britain)
	The Big Front Yard (orig. Astounding, October 1958)
	Buckets of Diamonds (orig. Galaxy, April 1969)
	The Civilisation Game (orig. Galaxy, November 1958)
	Hermit of Mars (orig. Astounding, June 1939)
	Horrible Example (orig. Analog, March 1961)
	Hunch (orig. Astounding, July 1943)
	Masquerade (orig. Astounding, March 1941)

*The Collected Stories of Clifford D. Simak,* *Vol. I: Eternity Lost* (ed. by Phil Stephensen-Payne)	Darkside Press, 2005
	The Answers (orig. Stories for Tomorrow, ed. William Sloane, Funk & Wagnalls, 1954)
	Buckets of Diamonds (orig. Galaxy, April 1969)
	The Call from Beyond (orig. Super Science Stories, May 1950)
	Carbon Copy (orig. Galaxy, December 1957)
	Eternity Lost /orig. Astounding, July 1949)
	Full Cycle /orig. Science Fiction Stories, November 1955)
	How-2 (orig. Galaxy, November 1954)
	Jackpot (orig. Galaxy, October 1956)
	Leg. Forst. (orig. Infinity, April 1958)
	Ogre (orig. Astounding, January 1944)
	Sunspot Purge (orig. Astounding, November 1940)

Links to further pages on my Clifford Simak's site

Parrallel Worlds of Clifford D. Simak

Excerpts from Simak's Travels into Parallel Worlds

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Stručná česká bibliografie Clifforda D. Simaka

Original Story of Clifford Simak: Univac 2200 (1973)

Original Story of Clifford Simak: All the Traps of Earth (1960)

Original Story of Clifford Simak: Over the River and Through the Woods (1966)

Petr, V. (2004): Clifford Simak – pár slov o něm a o povaze času

Petr, V. (2007): Clifford Simak – ještě pár slov o něm

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