Very good point, Paul. There are only two Simak books in my local library, two copies of City and one of Way Station, but more at the university. Maybe we...
"I think that young people do not know him because the SF fashion has changed quite a lot recently... not to mention the new whitch-demon-hell- vampire-TV...
That's a wonderful idea. Thanks for the suggestion. Colleen Paul Cooper <pecooper98362@...> wrote: There is something you can do to help keep Simak's...
My wife and other librarians in this area use standard criteria for weeding old books: 1) Condition 2) Use statistics 3) Whether it recieves mention in...
To the person who wondered about Phil Stephensen-Payne's Simak bibliography... I got it a number of years ago and have found it to be a very valuable...
Thanks for the info! I'll try to get it from there:) I know there is another bibliography by Muriel Becker but its a bit expensive for me... It's a pity that...
The Becker Bibliography is fabulous. I just finished reading Empire. What a jewel of classic science fiction. Its full of technology and spaceships and two...
Hey people:) Is it true that Simak had a brother whose name was Carson? I found this on a site... www.sonatapub.com/wrexwrit.htm. Well, they don't say that...
Carson is indeed Clifford's younger brother. I had some e-mail correspondances with him a few years ago, in which he filled in some details of Millville....
How interesting that you spoke to his brother. I'll bet he had a lot of interesting things to say. By the way, I live in Mounds View. Colleen Paul Bramscher...
And I finished The Werewolf Principle today. Found it Saturday in the back room of a small book store, and quess what, it was a discard from the local county...
So what is everyone reading these days--Simak or otherwise? And does anyone have any suggestions for other authors that reflect Simak's worldview or style?...
A query regarding what we're reading these days...excellent. I can report this from the UK:
SF arena: not reading Simak these days as I'd read just about...
heya folks, i'm slowly acquiring the simak catalogue, so i read 'em as they come in. the latest arrival is time and again, and i just finished destiny doll,...
This is a wonderful quote! I haven't read Destiny Doll but I'll be ordering it along with some other Simak novels:) I just bought a copy of Time and Again. A...
I read Destiny Doll years and years ago. I can't really remember much about it. I'll have to reread it to refresh my memory. I love Time and Again. Colleen ...
Hi everybody, I just finished "Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville, a complex and eloquent bit of sci-fi/fantasy, if not entirely an entirely conclusive ...
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, vol. 1 Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Paradise Screwed by Carl Hiaasen Just starting Where The Evil Lies by...
I recently read WHY CALL THEM BACK FROM HEAVEN? The book takes you back to Simak's grandfather's farm in Wisconsin. Its about a society in which everyone is...
Ah, yes, Time and Again. That book was memorable for a lot of people. For decades I remembered that there was a book where Simak had put himself in as a bit...
I agree, Jack McDevitt is excellent. Try reading Ancient Shores. Kevin Landreneau ... From: simak-fan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:simak-fan@yahoogroups.com]On ...
I vaguely remember reading that book. As I recall, I liked it, although it was years ago that I read it. Then again, I liked almost every one of Simak's books,...
I remember that. The character even called himself "Old Cliff." The place across the river on the ridge, the old Sutton farm Old Cliff describes, do you...
I found the first part of Why Call Them Back From Heaven? difficult to read and then the last half typical Simak. It was like he changed directions in the...
I read that book several months ago and thought it was one of his better ones. The Old Cliff character was so eccentric that I just knew that Simak was poking...
I read Why Call Them Back in high school and I didn't have any trouble with it at all. I liked it. Colleen Johnboy <jhprice@...> wrote: I found the first...
