Clifford Simak the Humanistic Philosopher of Sci-Fi
Discover Clifford Simak, the humanistic philosopher of sci-fi, through essential books like Way Station and City. Explore his gentle, thought-provoking fiction.
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Ring Around the Sun
by Clifford D. Simak
When inventors come up with cars, light bulbs, razor blades, and other items that never wear out or break down, the world's biggest industries begin to be squeezed out, and the planet is headed for economic collapse, when people suddenly begin to disappea
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Way Station
by Clifford D. Simak
Enoch Wallace survived the carnage of Gettysburg and lived through the rest of the Civil War to make it home to his parents' farm in south-west Wisconsin. But his mother was already dead and his father soon joined her in the tiny family cemetery. It was then that Enoch met the being he called Ulysses and the farm became a way station for space travellers. Now, nearly a hundred years later, the US government is taking an interest in the seemingly immortal Enoch, and the Galactic Council, which set up the way station is threatening to tear itself apart.
