Talk:Clifford D. Simak
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Aided by a friend, he continued writing and publishing science fiction and, later, fantasy, into his 80s.
What does "aided by a friend" mean? A writing partner, who deserves partial credit for the later works? Or just an amanuensis, a secretary who took care of the nuts and bolts? Do we have a name? --Michael K. Smith 20:24, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
- As I recall from Simak's obituary, when Simak's wife died, his health deteriorated and he had trouble functioning outside the house. A friend stepped in and helped with groceries, bills and such, which allowed Simak to concentrate on writing again. I'll see if I can find that obituary or some other source, but it may take a while.
- Also, the recently removed link to The Auk House used to be a valid link when I last checked it about a year ago, but it looks like the domain has been taken over by some unrelated company :( Ahasuerus 22:43, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Surname
What ethnicity was his surname? Badagnani 22:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I looked it up on ancestry.com. Its origin is central European (ie Austrian,Czech). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.71.196.141 (talk) 19:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Time travel?
The article says that "Another idea often found in the stories is the idea that there is no past time for a time traveler to go to." and cites Time and Again as an example. But that book is, with respect to time travel, a pretty standard story, where people go back in order to attempt to change the future. Is this an exception? --NE2 06:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
- Which Time and Again do they mean? There is a Simak novel by that title, and a Jack Finney, that I know of. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:10, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Dramatized for Television or Cinema
Have any of Clifford D. Simak's works been dramatized for television or cinema? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.177.27.13 (talk) 08:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
An adaptation of "Way Station" is in the works. This movie is currently in production with Peter Winther attached to direct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.71.196.141 (talk) 20:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] City
The write-up about City is incorrect. In City, all of the humans leave Earth voluntarily before the ants take over, by re-embodying themselves in the form of creatures on Jupiter whose intensity of experience is vastly greater than that of humans, and hence they wind up preferring to live in that form. Some of the dogs go with them, but only some. The tool-using ant civilization collapses just as it is about to encompass the last remaining patch of Earth, and then crumbles away. The story is actually told by sentient dogs, sitting around campfires and talking of ancient mysterious things such as Men and Cities. There is not a time travel theme in City.
Joseph McCord lycodont@hal-pc.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.150.254.91 (talk) 23:44, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
