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Clifford D. Simak

First published November 1944
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series City

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2020 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Runner-up

Publications (105)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1944 Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 64
August 1950 Big Book of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 413
May 1952 City Gnome Press Collection 92
1954 City Weidenfeld & Nicolson Collection
January 1954 City Permabooks Collection 79
April 1957 Big Book of Science Fiction Berkley Books Anthology 5
June 1957 Big Book of Science Fiction Berkley Books Anthology 5
March 1958 City Ace Books Collection 104
1959 Off the Beaten Orbit Pyramid Books Anthology 120
November 1961 City The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
September 1964 The Big Book of Science Fiction Berkley Medallion Anthology 7
1965 Beyond Tomorrow Harper & Row Anthology 247
1965 Beyond Tomorrow Harper & Row Anthology 247
1965 Beyond Tomorrow Longmans (Canada) Anthology
September 1965 Beyond Tomorrow Harper & Row Anthology 247
October 1967 City Ace Books Collection 104
February 1968 Beyond Tomorrow Gollancz Anthology
1969 Tomorrow's Worlds Award Books Anthology 107
1969 Beyond Tomorrow Fawcett Gold Medal Anthology 194
1969 Focus Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 402
March 1969 Tomorrow's Worlds Meredith Press Anthology 128
1971 Science Fictions University Tutorial Press (London) Anthology 28
1971 City Sphere Collection 103
June 1971 City Ace Books Collection 104
July 1971 A Science Fiction Omnibus on Pollution Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 104
September 1972 A Spectrum of Worlds Doubleday Anthology 181
1973 Science Fiction 2 Houghton Mifflin Anthology
1973 Survival Printout Vintage Books Anthology 225
April 1973 City Ace Books Collection 103
August 1973 Beyond Tomorrow Pan Books Anthology 189
December 1973 Jupiter Ballantine Books Anthology 65
1974 Look Back on Tomorrow: Worlds of Science Fiction Addison-Wesley Anthology 22
February 1974 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 353
1975 City Ace Books Collection 103
1976 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 353
September 1976 City Ace Books Collection 103
February 1977 Tomorrow's Worlds Award Books Anthology 107
October 1977 Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak Berkley/Putnam Collection 37
1978 The Classic Book of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology
August 1978 Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D.Simak Berkley Books Collection 20
1979 City Ace Books Collection 103
April 1979 City Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 83
December 1979 From Heinlein to Here Mentor / New American Library Anthology 59
1981 Science Fiction: Masters of Today Richards Rosen Press Anthology 45
October 1981 City Ace Books Collection 103
December 1981 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 DAW Books Anthology 208
December 1981 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 208
1982 The Classic Book of Science Fiction Bonanza Books Anthology 413
April 1983 The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Arbor House Anthology 239
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 338
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 338
July 1983 Changes Ace Books Anthology 113
December 1983 City Ace Books Collection
1984 Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 473
February 1984 The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 239
1985 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 239
July 1985 Analog: The Best of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 70
1986 Analog's Expanding Universe Longmeadow Press Anthology 69
June 1988 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 239
August 1988 City Methuen Collection 95
September 1988 Dogtales! Ace Books Anthology 152
March 1991 City Mandarin Collection 95
October 1991 Science Fiction I Hatier Anthology 1
1992 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 115
1992 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories QPD Anthology 115
January 1992 City Collier / Macmillan Collection 103
September 1992 City Macmillan / SFBC Collection 83
October 1992 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 115
October 1993 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 115
March 1994 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 239
July 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor Anthology 616
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orbit Anthology 616
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor / SFBC Anthology 616
1995 City The Easton Press Collection 83
July 1996 From Heinlein to Here Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 33
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 168
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 168
September 1997 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orb Anthology 616
June 1999 The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume One Tor Anthology 219
January 2000 Beyond Tomorrow HarperCollins Anthology
May 2000 Holt Anthology of Science Fiction Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 161
August 2000 The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1 Tor Anthology
March 2002 From Heinlein to Here Scarecrow Press Anthology 36
January 2003 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 115
March 2003 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 115
September 2003 City Science Fiction Book Club Collection 75
September 2004 City Old Earth Books Collection 97
May 2007 City Old Earth Books Collection 97
July 2008 City Audible Studios Collection |104
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 177
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 177
June 2011 City Gollancz / Orion Collection 99
June 2013 Dogtales! Baen Books Anthology
July 2015 City Open Road Integrated Media Collection
July 2015 City Open Road Integrated Media Collection |10
March 2016 City Gateway / Orion Collection |99
July 2016 Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories Open Road Integrated Media Collection |10
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 156
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |16
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Anthology 156
August 2020 Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System British Library Publishing Anthology 221
February 2024 Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories Tantor Audio Collection |10
February 2024 Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories Tantor Media Collection |10
February 2024 Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories Tantor Media Collection |10
February 2024 Earth for Inspiration and Other Stories Tantor Media Collection |10