“Physician to the Universe”

Title“Physician to the Universe”
Year for Search1963
AuthorsSimak, Clifford D[onald](1904-88)
Secondary TitleFantastic Stories of Imagination (Chicago, IL)
Volume / Edition12.3
Pagination6-43
Date PublishedMarch 1963
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia in which being sick is a criminal offense and everyone must have a physical checkup every six months, bathe regularly, take daily exercise, and eat only healthy food.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Strange Fantasy (Flushing, NY), no. 13 (Fall 1970): 4-;; in Physician to the Universe. The Collected Stories of Clifford D. Simak Volume II (Seattle, WA: Darkside Press, 2006), 219-51; and in The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories: The Complete Short Stories of Clifford D. Simak Volume Three (New York: Open Road, 2015), 51-98.

Holding Institutions

Merrl, PSt, PTU

Author Note

(1904-88)

Full Text

1963 Simak, Clifford D[onald] (1904-88). “Physician to the Universe.” Illus. [Jack (John Brian Francis)] Gaughan. Fantastic Stories of Imagination (Chicago, IL) 12.3 (March 1963): 6-43. Rpt. in Strange Fantasy (Flushing, NY), no. 13 (Fall 1970): 4-43; in Physician to the Universe. The Collected Stories of Clifford D. Simak Volume II (Seattle, WA: Darkside Press, 2006), 219-51; and in The Ghost of a Model T and Other Stories: The Complete Short Stories of Clifford D. Simak Volume Three (New York: Open Road, 2015), 51-98. Merril, PSt, PTU

Dystopia in which being sick is a criminal offense and everyone must have a physical checkup every six months, bathe regularly, take daily exercise, and eat only healthy food.