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''[[Way Station]]'' is a relatively short novel written by [[Clifford Simak]] in 1963, winner of a 1964 Hugo Award and barely mentioned today... except for the shameless borrowing of ideas later authors got from it, such as glowy beautiful humanoid aliens whose lifeforce manifests as an aura and become emaciated, ugly things when dead, [[Hard Light|holographic simulation rooms]] and sentient solid holograms who come to realize they are just constructs and aliens mindwiping Mankind to prevent its self-destruction.
Set in [[The Sixties]], the book chronicles three hectic days in the long life of Enoch Wallace, who lives as an hermit in
The book is filled with Simak's trademark style, with a foot firmly planted in Hard SF and the other on plain old sense of wonder. He was a master of the rare [[Slice of Life]] science-fiction and it's at its best in this work, while at the same time hinting at events of galactic scope just around the corner and populating the galaxy with memorable alien species with just a few lines.
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Definitely a book that [[Needs More Love]].
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* [[The Ageless]]: Enoch doesn't age while he's inside the station.
* [[Agent Mulder]]: What would you call a CIA agent that goes undercover to check on a rumour about immortals on the hills of Wisconsin?
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* [[Healing Hands]]: Lucy has them.
* [[Hologram|Holograms]]
* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: Too [[Hot
* [[In
* [[The Ingenue]]: Lucy, of course. No romance side.
* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]: Enoch was a man ahead of his time and really open minded. He was ridiculed for that.
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* [[Mundane Utility]]: Besides soaking for decades on the Galaxy's advanced science and philosophy, Enoch uses his extraterrestrial contacts to obtain ...alien timber for woodcarving. It's also mentioned that if he ever lost his human contacts, he could use alien duplication technology to get eggs and ham.
* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: Ulysses has acquired a craving for Earth coffee. He tried to make it grow on his planet, but it doesn't quite taste the same.
* [[Not
* [[Portal Network]]: The reason why [[The Federation]] comes to Earth.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Lucy. There are also telepathic alien species, although they are stated to be rare. And there's also the hazers, who not only keep contact with members of their families, and know instantly, from light-year distance, when something happens to them, but also {{spoiler|can keep the same contact with their frigging ''corpses''}}
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* [[Twinmaker]]
* [[Weirdness Censor]]: Enoch is barely worth of minor gossiping in his neighbourhood. {{spoiler|Until he shelters Lucy and the Fishers call for [[Torches and Pitchforks]]}}
* [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[Whip It Good]]: Enoch isn't amused by the Fisher's concept of discipline.
* [[Zeerust]]: [[The Federation]] uses ''engraved metal sheets'' for record-keeping, and something remakably similar to a fax machine for interestellar communication.
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