Clifford D. Simak
American writer, journalist (1904-1988) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 83
Clifford Donald Simak was an American science fiction writer and journalist. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.
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Simak's first story, "The World of the Red Sun", was listed on the cover of Wonder Stories in 1931.
Simak as pictured in Wonder Stories in 1931.
The first installment of Simak's "Time Quarry" was the cover story in the debut issue of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950.
Simak's novelette "Installment Plan" was the cover story in the February 1959 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.Awards
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The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master, and the Horror Writers Association made him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is associated with the pastoral science fiction subgenre.
