Clifford Simak Fan Site

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Clifford Simak Fan Site

Clifford Simak, one of the elders of science fiction was often described as a "pastoralist" of the genre. His themes emphasized humanity and the countryside rather than technology as vehicle for violent conflict. Even his robots tended to be more human than other author's humans. This has created a timeless nature to his works, when others might more quickly go obsolete.

Following is a quote from Simak's interview in Speaking of Science Fiction: The Paul Walker Interviews 1978. Oradell, New Jersey: Luna Publications.

When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe. It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose. If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry -- yours and mine -- back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet. The same thing could be done for the spider that spun his web in the grass, and of the grass in which the web was spun, the bird sitting in the tree and the tree in which he sits, the toad waiting for the fly beneath the bush, and for the fly and bush. We are all genetic brothers. The chain of life, tracing back to that primordial day of life's beginning, is unbroken...

What's New

August 22, 2008
A scan of City from Argentina added today. Apologies for my complete lack of work on the site over the past couple years. But there's been some good discussion lately on the Yahoo group (see below). Please join if interested.

January 2, 2006
Two Bulgarian cover scans added (Cemetery World and Time is the Simplist Thing) -- thanks!

October 9, 2005
The Clifford Simak Discussion Board has found a new life courtesy of Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simak-fan/. In the interest of keeping it spam-free, it's an invite only group. Please visit the page and follow the instructions to join.

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The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.

The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.
The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.