Title: City

Title: City Title Record # 23788
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1952-05-00
Type: COLLECTION
Series: City
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: This collection is sometimes presented as a novel: that way it is a fix-up of the shortfiction pieces City, Huddling Place, Census (all 1944), Paradise, Hobbies (both 1946), Aesop (1947) and Trouble with Ants ... (1951)

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Year	Title
1965	City [as by Clifford Simak]

Year	Language	Title
1952^ⓘTranslated by Jean Rosenthal	French	Demain les chiens
1955^ⓘTranslated by A.[lfredo] Margarido and M.[anuel] Pina This edition is a single issue of the work by Clifford D. Simak as a fixup novel.	Portuguese	A cidade no tempo
1957^ⓘTranslated by José Valdivieso.	Spanish	Ciudad
1958^ⓘTranslated by Krej	German	City
1960^ⓘTranslated by 林克己 (Katsumi Hayashi) Latin transliteration: Toshi The translation of the title means "town" or "city".	Japanese	都市^?Toshi [as by クリフォード・Ｄ・シマック^?Kurifōdo D. Shimakku ]
1961^ⓘTranslated by M. Pina, A. N. Margarido, Gumercindo R. Dórea	Portuguese	Cidade
1964^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Als es noch Menschen gab
1965^ⓘTranslated by G. J. Borghart	Dutch	City [as by Clifford Simak]
1967^ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca	Portuguese	As cidades mortas
1967^ⓘTranslated by Mirjana Rajković	Serbian	Grad [as by Kliford Simak]
1970^ⓘTranslated by Kuczka Péter	Hungarian	A város^?A varos
1970^ⓘTranslated by Ugo Malaguti	Italian	City
1974^ⓘTranslated by Лев Жданов (Lev Zhdanov)	Russian	Город^?Gorod [as by Клиффорд Саймак^?Klifford Saymak Clifford Simak ]
1974^ⓘTranslated by Gunnar Gällmo	Swedish	Websters värld
1976^ⓘTranslated by Giorgio Monicelli	Italian	Anni senza fine
2013^ⓘTranslated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti	French	Demain les chiens
2018^ⓘTranslated by Petru Iamandi	Romanian	Orașul^?Orasul
2019^ⓘTranslated by Scheherezade Surià López	Catalan	Ciutat

Year	Language	Title
1953^ⓘTranslated by Tom Arno Fix-up novel, containing all the stories from the original collection as chapters	Italian	Anni senza fine (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1953 IFA	Fiction
30	1987 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel
38	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
City	1952-05-00	Clifford D. Simak	Gnome Press		$2.75^?$: US dollar	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Frank Kelly Frease
City	1954-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	Weidenfeld & Nicolson		9/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	C. King
City	1954-01-00	Clifford D. Simak	Permabooks	264	$0.25^?$: US dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Richard Powers
City	1958-03-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	D-283	$0.35^?$: US dollar	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ed Valigursky
City	1961-11-00	Clifford D. Simak	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	55		248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Griffiths
City	1967-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	H-30	$0.60^?$: US dollar	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ed Valigursky
City	1971-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	Sphere (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #3)	78573	£0.30^?£: UK pound	248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Eddie Jones
City	1971-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	10621	$0.75^?$: US dollar	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ed Valigursky
City	1973-04-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	10622	$0.95^?$: US dollar	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Davis Meltzer
City	1975-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	10623	$1.25^?$: US dollar	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Davis Meltzer
City	1976-09-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	10624	$1.75^?$: US dollar	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
City	1979-04-00	Clifford D. Simak	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3372	$2.98^?$: US dollar	211	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Gary Viskupic
City	1981-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	0-441-10626-9	$2.75^?$: US dollar	267	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
City	1982-02-00	Clifford D. Simak	Magnum	0-417-06540-X	£1.50^?£: UK pound	248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Moore
City	1983-12-00	Clifford D. Simak	Ace Books	0-441-10627-7	$2.75^?$: US dollar	267	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
City	1988-08-00	Clifford D. Simak	Methuen	0-413-14630-8	£3.50^?£: UK pound	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Nick Rogers
City	1991-03-00	Clifford D. Simak	Mandarin	0-7493-0589-4	£3.99^?£: UK pound	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
City	1992-01-00	Clifford D. Simak	Collier / Macmillan (Collier Nucleus Fantasy & Science Fiction)	0-02-025391-5	$5.95^?$: US dollar	267	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Paul Lehr
City	1992-09-00	Clifford D. Simak	Macmillan / SFBC	01155	$6.98^?$: US dollar	xi+ 211	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Budden
City	1995-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xxii+ 211	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
City	2003-09-00	Clifford D. Simak	Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #5)	0-7394-3526-4 / 55568	$9.99^?$: US dollar	xi+ 191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Donato Giancola
City	2004-09-00	Clifford D. Simak	Old Earth Books	1-882968-28-X	$27.00^?$: US dollar	x+ 251	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Douglas Klauba
City	2007-05-00	Clifford D. Simak	Old Earth Books	978-1-882968-28-2	$27.00^?$: US dollar	x+ 251	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Douglas Klauba
City	2010-01-00	Clifford D. Simak	Playaway	978-1-61587-530-6	$69.99^?$: US dollar		digital audio player^?Player with a pre-loaded digital file of the audiobook	coll
City	2011-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-10523-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 242	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Dominic Harman
City	2015-07-21	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-1303-1	$14.99^?$: US dollar	264	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
City	2015-07-21	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-1294-2	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Jason Gabbert
City	2016-03-03	Clifford D. Simak	Gateway / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-10524-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Dominic Harman
City	date unknown	Clifford D. Simak	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-10523-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 242	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Dominic Harman

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Reviews

Review by The Editors (1952) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952
Review by Groff Conklin (1952) in Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1952 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], v3 #1 (1953)
Review by Damon Knight (1952) in Science Fiction Adventures, February 1953, (1953)
Review by George O. Smith (1952) in Space Science Fiction, March 1953, (1953)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1953) in Astounding Science Fiction, January 1953
Review by Jud Marshall (1953) in Science Fiction Advertiser, January 1953
Review by Sam Moskowitz (1953) in Science-Fiction Plus, March 1953
Review by The Editors (1953) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1953
Review by uncredited (1954) in Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, #44 April 1954
Review by Robert Silverberg [as by Calvin M. Knox] (1959) in Future Science Fiction, No. 41, February 1959 , reprinted in:
[as by Calvin M. Knox] Future Science Fiction No. 8 (1959)
Review by Lester del Rey (1977) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1977
Review by John DiPrete (1977) in Science Fiction Review, February 1977
Review by Mary S. Weinkauf (1977) in Delap's F & SF Review, June 1977
Review by Mary S. Weinkauf (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, May 1979 , reprinted in:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Review by Charles Platt (1982) in The Patchin Review, Number Three
Review by Gene DeWeese (1982) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1982
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by Graham Andrews (1989) in Paperback Inferno, #76
Review by Alan Fraser (1991) in Paperback Inferno, #90
Review [Spanish] by Juan Manuel Santiago (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review by Jim Mann (2005) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2005
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Rhys Hughes (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2
Review by Mark Monday (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2
Review by Christy Tidwell (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2
Review [German] by Denis Scheck and Christina Schenk [as by Stubbs] (2021) in Der undogmatische Hund

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