Clifford D. Simak





Clifford D. Simak

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born
in Millville, Wisconsin, The United States
August 03, 1904

died
April 25, 1988

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About this author

"He was honored by fans with three Hugo awards and by colleagues with one Nebula award and was named the third Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in 1977." (Wikipedia)

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Average rating: 3.93 · 21,750 ratings · 1,028 reviews · 272 distinct works · Similar authors
Way Station
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4,789 ratings — published 1963 — 36 editions
City
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 3,802 ratings — published 1952 — 51 editions
The Goblin Reservation
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 1968 — 18 editions
Time and Again
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 1951 — 20 editions
All Flesh is Grass
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 1965 — 14 editions
Time Is the Simplest Thing
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 1961 — 18 editions
Ring Around the Sun
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 1952 — 14 editions
Cemetery World
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1972 — 16 editions
A Choice of Gods
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 1972 — 11 editions
Shakespeare's Planet
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions
More books by Clifford D. Simak…
“A religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing those conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.”
Clifford D. Simak

“Once there had been joy, but now there was only sadness, and it was not, he knew, alone the sadness of an empty house; it was the sadness of all else, the sadness of the Earth, the sadness of the failures and the empty triumphs.”
Clifford D. Simak, City

“Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.”
Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

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