Way station

by Clifford D. Simak

236 pages

English language

Published Feb. 26, 1980 by Ballantine.

ISBN:: 978-0-345-28420-4
OCLC Number:: 6715459

(49 reviews)

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.

18 editions

Sandra reviewed Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

Occult BEM

3 stars

What a curious gem of a book densely packed with oblique quotes from occult tablets and tomes all refluffed into bug-eyed 1963 tropey SF! Page after page straight out of emerald tablet and its ilk. All stuffed into an actually good story with great warm caring characters (CW well-meaning ableism that was pretty hard to get through). Dinged for initially using weird framework as a tension driver but to my delight it was read by boardgaming's darling, Eric Summerer! I didn't know he did audio books! Although it was hard to hear it was him because he got deep into character, really elevating the main guy.

kebabslob reviewed Way station by Clifford D. Simak (Collier nucleus fantasy & science fiction)

Great read for some retro sci-fi

4 stars

The book was nice and atmospheric, with a timelessness that is inherent in stories of other worldly activity. But to be honest, the ending felt kind of flat. Wished for a more doomer ending or a more emotional ending than I got

Matto reviewed Way station by Clifford D. Simak (Collier nucleus fantasy & science fiction)

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4 stars

Good story, and a page turner too

Enno reviewed Way station by Clifford D. Simak (Collier nucleus fantasy & science fiction)

Review of 'Way station' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Absolutely astonishing for a book from this period. It's a little bit of Walden, a little bit of Trek's basic humanity, and a lot of ideas modern Sci-Fi is still working with.