Yes, he’s best known for the City stories published between (1944-1951). Gathered together with some slight edits and modifications as City (1952). I suspect you read one of the early city stories like “City” (1944) or “Huddling Place” (1944) or a classic like “The Big Front Yard” (1959), not a City story, but contains a standard Simak main character in the countryside. I covered the first story — “City” (1944) — very recently here: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/08/18/short-story-reviews-clifford-d-simaks-city-1944-ogre-1944-and-spaceship-in-a-flask-1941/ . Unfortunately, I could not reread it in time to add more than a footnote about it in the article (I read the full City volume last as an older teen). But it fits the general argument I was making.
I don’t entirely understand what you mean here: “It seems that one who reads mostly short stories, compilations, and anthologies from the golden and silver ages tends to have a bit of a different take on an author or theme – one may posit Silverberg as another.” A different take than what? Than who? Me?
It seems like you want to directly disagree with my article in some way but you aren’t exactly making your position clear or I could be misreading your intent. If it’s the former, then I’m all for debate (as long as its civil). If it’s the latter, then apologies for misreading your comment. It’s hard to exactly know where people are coming from across the interwebs.
