Simak, Clifford D.

During his fifty-five-year career, CLIFFORD D. SIMAK produced some of the most iconic science fiction stories ever written. Born in 1904 on a farm in southwestern Wisconsin, Simak got a job at a small-town newspaper in 1929 and eventually became news editor of the "Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "writing fiction in his spare time. Simak was best known for the book"City", a reaction to the horrors of World War II, and for his novel"Way Station."In 1953"City"was awarded the International Fantasy Award, and in following years, Simak won three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award. In 1977 he became the third...