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Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it's been made possible\u2014and inescapable!. Second Childhood by Clifford D. Simak, that\u2019s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Clifford D. Simak worked as a newspaperman for most of his life and only became a full-time science fiction author after his retirement. However, what he accomplished part time was more than most. He won 3 Hugo Awards and a Nebula and The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third Grand Master.\xa0

Simak was born in Millville, Wisconsin in 1904. He was a public school teacher until leaving to work at the Minneapolis Star and Tribune until he retired at 72. He became interested in sci-fi after reading H. G. Wells.

His first short story, \u201cThe World of the Red Sun\u201d appeared in the December 1931 issue of Wonder Stories magazine. He would go on to write more than 120 short stories.\xa0

Let\u2019s turn to the pages of Galaxy Science Fiction in February 1951. We\u2019ll find our story on page 81, Second Childhood by Clifford D. Simak\u2026

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The climate was perfect, the sky was always blue, and\u2013best of all\u2013nobody had to work. What more could anyone want? Planet of Dreams by James McKimmey Jr. That\u2019s next week with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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