![]() One of my favorite stories here, “Rim of the Deep”, is about a journalist named Grant who is given the dreaded assignment of chasing a story in an undersea city. Both of these genres make it into this volume, and although when I began reading Simak, I questioned the choice to foist annoying cowboy stories on sci fi readers, I came to see that it’s not easy to tease them apart in every case. He wrote a few war stories during the mid-1940’s, then continued writing Westerns and science fiction. He began writing in the 1930’s, submitting short stories to various magazines, and continued writing stories and novels into the early 1980’s. Wixon and Open Road have republished Simak’s work digitally for new generations to enjoy I received a DRC in exchange for this honest review.įor those new to Simak’s work, here’s a thumbnail sketch. ![]() Wixon, whose brief, useful notes set context for each of these stories. Thanks go to Net Galley, Open Road Media, and David W. It’s my sixth volume of Simak’s stories, and it’s my favorite so far, which is saying a good deal. ![]() Simak, who won 3 Nebula awards, 1 Hugo Award, and was the third Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1977. ![]() This is volume 10 of a complete collection of the writings of Clifford D. ![]()
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