{"id":1345,"date":"2018-08-03T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T15:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2018-08-03T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T15:51:14","slug":"happy-birthday-clifford-d-simak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/happy-birthday-clifford-d-simak\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Clifford D. Simak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Clifford-D-Simak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1346 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Clifford-D-Simak-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Clifford-D-Simak-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Clifford-D-Simak.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cifford D. Simak was born on this date, August 3, in 1904.\u00a0 He passed away in April of 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Simak was one of the great science fiction writers of the Twentieth Century.\u00a0 Among his awards were three Hugos (&#8220;The Big Front Yard&#8221;, Way Station, &#8220;Grotto of the Dancing Deer&#8221;) and a Nebula (&#8220;Grotto of the Dancing Deer&#8221;).\u00a0 He was the third SFWA Grandmaster after Robert Heinlein and Jack Williamson.\u00a0 Simak, Fritz Leiber, and Frank Belknap Long were all awarded the inaugural Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.\u00a0 Not too shabby.<\/p>\n<p>Simak has frequently been called the pastoralist of science fiction.\u00a0 Many of his works are set in rural areas of his home state of Wisconsin.\u00a0 Robots, time travel, and the nature of God were often themes in his work.\u00a0 Although he is best remembered as a science fiction author, Simak also wrote fantasy, westerns, and war stories.\u00a0 A newspaper man by trade, Simak also wrote a handful of science books in the 60s and early 70s.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as often happens these when a writer dies, his work soon fell out of print.\u00a0 For years the only place to buy his work was in used books stores.\u00a0 I&#8217;m glad to say that isn&#8217;t the case anymore.\u00a0 Open Road is bringing back all of Simak&#8217;s work, including his complete short fiction.\u00a0 Early Bird books often has electronic editions on sale for $1.99.\u00a0 You have to act fast, though.\u00a0 These sales only last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve not read Simak, you should give him a try.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be lifting a glass in his memory and reading one of his short stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cifford D. Simak was born on this date, August 3, in 1904.\u00a0 He passed away in April of 1988. 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