Way Station by Clifford Simak - 2002

VERY GOOD condition --- Tight binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, unmarked text pages. NOTE: Blank bookplate affixed to FEP. Very minor ding to text block foot. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask.



This title is featured in the Easton Press series Masterpieces of Science Fiction. Published in 2002 and illustrated by Vincent DiFate.


Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:

* Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather.
* 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.* Heavy duty binding boards... .
* Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .
* Sewn pages, not just glued like ordinary books.
* ...moire endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.
* Gilded page ends.


Included with the book is an insert of Collector's Notes published by Easton Press.

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" 'Way Station' is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak, originally published as Here Gather the Stars in two parts in Galaxy Magazine in June and August 1963. 'Way Station' won the 1964 Hugo Award for Best Novel."

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"Enoch Wallace is not like other humans. Living a secluded life in the backwoods of Wisconsin, he carries a nineteenth-century rifle and never seems to age—a fact that has recently caught the attention of prying government eyes. The truth is, Enoch is the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War and, for close to a century, he has operated a secret way station for aliens passing through on journeys to other stars. But the gifts of knowledge and immortality that his intergalactic guests have bestowed upon him are proving to be a nightmarish burden, for they have opened Enoch's eyes to humanity's impending destruction. Still, one final hope remains for the human race . . . though the cure could ultimately prove more terrible than the disease.
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, 'Way Station' is a magnificent example of the fine art of science fiction as practiced by a revered Grand Master. A cautionary tale that is at once ingenious, evocative, and compassionately human, it brilliantly supports the contention of the late, great Robert A. Heinlein that 'to read science-fiction is to read Simak.' "



The above text was taken from, respectively, Wikipedia and Open Road Media (via Google Books)[Simak, Clifford D.. Way Station. United States: Open Road Media, 2015.]