The Creator (novelette)

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The Creator

Cover of the first edition
Author Clifford D. Simak
Cover artist Alva Rogers
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction novelette
Publisher Fantasy Publications
Publication date 1946
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 48 pp
ISBN NA
OCLC 17992907

The Creator is a science fiction novelette by author Clifford D. Simak. It was published in book form in 1946 by Fantasy Publications in an edition of 500 copies. It had previously appeared in the September 1935 issue of the magazine Marvel Tales.

[edit] Plot introduction

The novelette suggests that our universe was not created by God.

[edit] Publication history

  • 1935, USA, Marvel Tales, Pub date September 1935, Magazine
  • 1946, USA, Fantasy Publications OCLC 17992907, Pub date 1946, Paperback
  • 1961, USA, Fantastic, Pub date July 1961, Magazine
  • 1965, Italy, Oltre il Cielo, Pub date October 1965, Magazine serialization in 3 parts, as Il creatore
  • 1981, USA, Locus Press OCLC 25661305, Pub date 1981, Hardback and Paperback

[edit] References

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 245, 273, 393. 
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 391. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.