Saturday, November 09, 2019

Way Station


Way Station is an award-winning 1963 science fiction book by Clifford D. Simak. I discovered this author in high school, and he's always worth reading. This is probably my third or fourth time to read this book, as I make a final pass through the books on my shelves. I look forward to the upcoming Netflix adaptation.

from the back of the book:
Galactic Station Master

Neighbors saw Enoch Wallace as an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he had done for over a century, still carrying the gun with which he had served in the Civil War. They must never know that inside his unchanging house, he met and conversed with a host of unimaginable friends from the farthest stars.

More than a hundred years before, an lien being named Ulysses had recruited Enoch as the keeper of Earth's only galactic transfer station. Now he studied the progress of Earth as he tended the tanks where the aliens appeared, and the charts he made indicated that his world was doomed to destruction. His alien friends could only offer help that seemed worse than the dreaded disaster.

Then he discovered the horror that lay across the Galaxy...

12 comments:

  1. Never heard of this, but I'll be interested in seeing it on Netflix

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    1. I think it'll be a good one to adapt.

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  2. Must be a good read if you keep going back to it! I bet you can't wait to see the Netflix adaption when it come out 😀. Happy Saturday! Hugs, Jo x

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    1. It made a huge impression on me when I was young, and I see something new in it when I re-read it.

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  3. Sometimes it's hard to remember what you liked about a particular book, painting, or piece of music, but you seem to have continued to appreciate this over the years. Most impressive.

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    1. Any book worth reading is worth re-reading ;) but yes, I always enjoy this one :)

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  4. That's a very intriguing beginning, makes me want to read more. Valerie

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    1. Oh, do! Especially if you like science fiction at all. I'm always amazed at how current this book feels :)

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  5. You can't go wrong with Simak,his stories have a certain feel to them. It's hard to describe but maybe just that no matter how far fetched I can believe his worlds are real.

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  6. This sounds very interesting.

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