WAY STATION

by Clifford Simak

$4,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Civil War veteran who farms a lonely corner of Wisconsin is contacted by aliens who want him to become the keeper of their interstellar 'way station.' He agrees, and they reward him with longevity. A simply written, deeply felt pastoral which shows this author at his best. - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition

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