For years he has secretly manned a way station for a galactic federations transit network, acting as Earths unassuming diplomat to the stars. and neither has his home, impregnable to any known weapon. Publication date 2004 Topics Immortalism - Fiction, Science fiction, American, Immortalism. An ageless hermit runs a secret way station for alien visitors in the Wisconsin woods in this Hugo Awardwinning science fiction classic Enoch Wallace is not like other humans. This great story won the Hugo award for best novel it loses absolutely nothing in the years since it was published. Way station by Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988. Simak - 1964 McFadden Books Paperback - Richard Powers Cover Condition: Acceptable. Simak does a remarkable job in putting into words what is needed in a contentious world. The Talisman was placed in the custody of the most capable, or the most efficient, or the most devoted (whichever it might be) of the galactic sensitives, who carried it from star to star in a sort of eternal progression. The Talisman could only be operated by certain types of beings with certain types of minds and something else besides. The Talisman is a sacred object only a very special person can make it work. There are conflicts at many levels in this story between people, between groups here on earth and between other civilizations.
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