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The Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak Books in Order

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Find The Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak by Clifford D Simak in reading order, with short summaries to help you choose a starting point.

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The Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak books in publication order

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1

A strong opening volume of Simak's short fiction, moving from robots and strange worlds to grief, memory, and moral puzzles. Even the saddest stories keep his plainspoken warmth.

2

These stories show Simak's range, from junkyards and back roads to portals opening in the middle of ordinary life. The title piece is classic small-town cosmic wonder.

3

A lively collection of ghosts, future jobs, AI, hidden cities, and frontier myths. Simak balances whimsy and melancholy without losing his steady storytelling touch.

4

A warm but eerie collection where alien visitors, odd children, and frontier mysteries drift into everyday life. The title story is one of Simak's gentlest first-contact pieces.

5

A varied collection that mixes early space adventure with later, more thoughtful stories about settlers, outsiders, and impossible finds. Simak's curiosity about other worlds is everywhere.

6

This set ranges from dark suspense to rueful humor, with robots, family stories, and lonely futures. It includes one of Simak's sharpest and most unsettling tales.

7

A strong collection built around memory, loss, and wonder, ending with the award-winning title story. Simak moves easily from early pulp adventure to quieter, more reflective science fiction.

8

New Folks' Home and Other Stories

by Clifford D Simak

2016

This volume gathers stories about retirement, second chances, future worlds, and people nudged into the unexpected. Simak keeps the ideas big and the human scale small.

9

These stories bring children, ghosts, Martian messages, lost time, and small-town unease into the same orbit. The mood stays humane even when the unknown gets unsettling.

10

Dusty Zebra and Other Stories

by Clifford D Simak

2017

This collection gathers sharp, varied stories about salesmen, explorers, odd visitors, and time travel gone sideways. It is Simak at his most playful and uncanny.

11

A late-career collection that moves from miracle ships and remote planets to time slips and quiet immigrant tales. These stories show Simak's gift for mixing cosmic ideas with ordinary people.

12

This collection moves between alien worlds and strange events in ordinary American communities. Its stories include a mission to Jupiter in search of medical discoveries and a mysterious cache of treasure.

13

Epilog and Other Stories

by Clifford D Simak

2023

Eleven stories explore robots, distant planets and the future of humanity. They include a planetary exploration robot with an unexpected identity and a world that may be a vast computer.

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