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 Waystation - Clifford D. Simak
Newest Review: ... in 1963, he looks not but a few days older than he did at war's end. This is because while within his own walls, time is at ... more  ... practically a standstill, in order to allow travellers passing from far away planets to cross the universe in a convenient amount of time. Just as pioneers and pilgrims of old would journey for days to cross seemingly vast distances, and put in at inns for a day's or night's rest, so Enoch's guests appear, arriving via a portal , enjoying the lovely surroundings, socialising with Enoch, having a meal and a rest, and then continuing onwards to the next leg of their journey.
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Waystation - Clifford D. Simak: Stop Over On Your Way (1020 words)
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Though he won three Hugo awards as well as a Nebula award, and was named a grandmaster of science fiction in 1977, Clifford D. Simak is perhaps one of greats who often slips under modern science fiction readers' radar. Born in 1929 in Wisconsin, he was a lifelong contributor to sci fi magazines, while his life's work was within the newspaper field. It is perhaps the newspaperman's thirst for truth behind things that led to his insistence that his stories be grounded in science, and not mere incredible and implausible creations of fancy. Another of his famous trademarks is that all his stories are set in bucolic locales, all which closely resemble rural ... Read the complete review
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