SIMAKĬopyright © 1996 by Tachyon Publications. All the events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Perhaps because harder, crueler visions of the future have increased in popularity over the years, Simak’s fictions are refreshingly charming when compared with much of today’s science fiction. Yet something unusual always lurks just below the surface, waiting to make its presence felt. His work, gentle and often pastoral, stresses the midwestern values of individualism, compassion, and hard work.
Like Ray Bradbury’s, many of Simak’s best stories incorporate the rural Midwest of his childhood. Over the River and Through the Woods takes its stories from the second half of Simak’s career, a time when his stories had fully matured and he was at the top of his form. But most of Simak’s best work didn’t begin appearing until the 1950s. Soon, many of the stories that would make up City began to appear. Campbell, producing stories that showed a remarkable leap forward in technique and craftsmanship from his earlier efforts. Simak, however, did begin to write again, inspired by the editorial policies of John W.
In fact, he published nothing else between 19. Written at a time when all the major markets were facing severe economic turmoil brought on by the Great Depression, “The Creator” was conceived by Simak as his last fling with science fiction, a story to be written for the sheer fun of doing so. But it wasn’t until the publication of “The Creator” in the March-April 1935 edition of the little-heralded Marvel Tales that Simak first began to attract attention. Simak’s first published story, “World of the Red Sun,” appeared in 1931, in Hugo Gernsback’s Wonder Stories. Four years later he won both the Hugo and the Nebula Award for his last major story, “The Grotto of the Dancing Deer.” Beginning with the International Fantasy Award, which he won for City, his collection of linked short stories, he won every major award during his long career and was acclaimed a Grand Master in 1977 by the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Simak was one of the giants of the science fiction field.
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