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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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