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The American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was was honored by fans with three Hugo Awards and by colleagues with one Nebula Award.〔 ("Simak, Clifford D." ) ''The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index to Literary Nominees''. Locus Publications. Retrieved 2013-04-05.〕 The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master〔 ("Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master" ). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Retrieved 2013-04-05.〕 and the Horror Writers Association made him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.〔 ==Novels== * ''The Creator'' (48-page novelette: first magazine publication 1935, first book publication 1946) * ''Cosmic Engineers'' (first published as a "short novel" in ''Astounding Science Fiction'', February 1939, March 1939, and April 1939, expanded slightly for novel publication, 1950.〔Paperback Library Edition of 1964 gives this printing history: "From the original short novel by the same author, Copyright 1939 by Street and Smith Publications, Inc... Copyright 1950 by Clifford D. Simak."〕) A crew is piped to the edge of known space, where metal-men Cosmic Engineers need help to prevent two universes from colliding, while opposing Hellhounds want destruction and chaos. * ''Empire'' (1951) (''Galaxy novel'' #7). * ''Time and Again'' (1951) Alternate paperback title: ''First He Died''; serialized (with a different ending) as ''Time Quarry''.〔"Galaxy's Five Star Shelf," Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1951, p.101.〕 When a long-lost spaceman returns to Earth from a distant planet where our "souls" may live, his fuddled observations spark a religious schism and war. * ''City'' (1952) In the far future, only dogs and robots are left on Earth to recount the old stories and debate whether Man ever existed at all. "Epilog" was added in 1981. * ''Ring Around the Sun'' (1953) A man's unique psychic gift allows him to step into parallel "quantum" earths—a ring around the sun—where he may become mankind's last chance for survival. * ''Time is the Simplest Thing'' (1961) Serialized in ''Analog'' April, May, June, July 1961 as "The Fisherman". A paranormal who telepathically travels to other planets brings back an alien consciousness that can manipulate time. He'll need the help as humans rise to wipe out "parries". * ''The Trouble with Tycho'' (1961) (first published in Amazing Science Fiction, October 1960) A lunar prospector investigates the crater Tycho where spacecraft have disappeared. * ''They Walked Like Men'' (1962) A newsman learns alien "bowling balls" that can take any form are buying up the Earth. * ''Way Station'' (1963) Serialized in ''Galaxy Magazine'' June and August 1963 as "Here Gather the Stars". 1964 Hugo Award Winner. A Civil War veteran is a caretaker of a secret Way Station, a transfer point for aliens. But the outside world is snooping around, and their blundering may endanger all of humanity. * ''All Flesh Is Grass'' (1965) The town of Millville is trapped in a bubble by an alien hive-race of purple flowers. It's established a toehold for mutual cooperation—or invasion. * ''Why Call Them Back From Heaven?'' (1967) A man becomes embroiled in a scandal at a wealthy cryonics corporation. * ''The Werewolf Principle'' (1967) An astronaut returns to Earth with two different creatures trapped inside him, so in times of stress morphs into either a "werewolf" or an impregnable pyramid. * ''The Goblin Reservation'' (1968) A traveler teleporting home learns he was murdered a week before by either sneaking aliens or their rivals, the leprechauns and trolls of the local reservation. * ''Out of Their Minds'' (1970) A newsman is hunted by werewolves, dinosaurs, sea serpents, and other creatures from human imagination, and no one will tell him why. * ''Destiny Doll'' (1971) Four humans explore the mysteries of an eerie deserted planet. * ''A Choice of Gods'' (1972) After 99.99% of the human race has disappeared, people discover they have lifespans of five or six thousand years. * ''Cemetery World'' (1973) Earth has been turned into a vast and silent cemetery. A composer and a treasure-hunter have come to venture past the walls into the wilderness, where they find renegades, war machines, steel wolves, and ghosts whispering answers. * ''Our Children's Children'' (1974) Refugees from 500 years in the future arrive through time tunnels - and hard behind them come ravening monsters. * ''Enchanted Pilgrimage'' (1975) When a scholar finds a hidden manuscript he sets out to discover the secrets of the wasteland, accompanied by fellow travelers who join him along the way. * ''Shakespeare's Planet'' (1976) Two explorers, a robot, a warrior, and even an inky "pond" are stuck on a dead-end planet because the star-tunnel is locked. Yet ''something'' is about to happen. * ''A Heritage of Stars'' (1977) In a primitive world where technology collapsed, a woodsrunner, a witch, and a frontiering robot seek answers at The Place of Going to the Stars. * ''The Fellowship of the Talisman'' (1978) On a parallel Earth perpetually laid waste by the Harriers of the Horde, a young man must ferry what may be a true account of Jesus's teachings to distant London. He's helped by a lonely ghost, a goblin, a demon, and a warrior woman riding a griffin. * ''Mastodonia'' (1978) (published as ''Catface'' in the UK, a considerably expanded and re-written version of Simak's 1955 short story "Project Mastodon" which was also broadcast on the ''X Minus One'' radio program). A cat-faced alien stranded in Wisconsin befriends locals, then time-engineers portals into prehistoric epochs. The locals start a tourism company for big-game hunters, and maybe a new country: Mastodonia. * ''The Visitors'' (1980). Giant black boxes land on Earth to eat trees. Completely ignored, humans wonder if this is an invasion or something even more sinister. * ''Project Pope'' (1981) On the planet End of Nothing, robots have labored a thousand years to build a computerized infallible pope to eke out the ultimate truth. Their work is preempted when a human Listener discovers what might be the planet Heaven. * ''Where the Evil Dwells'' (1982) Adventurers seeking a lost fiancee and cathedral enter the Empty Lands, where even Roman Legions get slaughtered. * ''Special Deliverance'' (1982) A college professor and other oddballs are dropped onto a bleak world near a giant blue cube - and no clue how to proceed. * ''Highway of Eternity'' (1986) AKA ''Highway to Eternity''. A man who can "step around a corner" gets scattered across time alongside futuristic refugees. All are fleeing super-advanced humans who have transcended into pure thought—and expect everyone else to come along. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clifford D. Simak bibliography」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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