Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak
Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988) was an American science fiction writer known for his pastoral, thoughtful style, often exploring themes of peace, nature, and humanity's place in the universe. He won multiple prestigious awards, including three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award, and his most famous work is the novel "City" (1952), which imagines a future where humans have largely vanished, leaving robots and intelligent dogs to contemplate their legacy. Simak's stories often merge science fiction with a rural Midwestern sensibility, reflecting his upbringing in Wisconsin. Another notable work is "Way Station" (1963), which tells the story of a man running an intergalactic way station on Earth.

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CHAPTER ONE Spencer Chambers frowned at the spacegram on the desk before him. John Moore Mallory. That was the man who had caused so much trouble in the Jovian elections. The troublemaker who had shouted for an investigation of Interplanetary Power. The man who had said that Spencer Chambers and Interplanetary Power were waging economic war against the people of the Solar System. Chambers smiled. With... more...

The paper had gone to press, graphically describing the latest of the many horrible events which had been enacted upon the Earth in the last six months. The headlines screamed that Six Corners, a little hamlet in Pennsylvania, had been wiped out by the Horror. Another front-page story told of a Terror in the Amazon Valley which had sent the natives down the river in babbling fear. Other stories told of... more...

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