Way Station (novel)

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.

Way Station
First edition cover
AuthorClifford D. Simak
Cover artistRonald Fratell
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1963
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
ISBN978-0345284204
Way Station was serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1963 as Here Gather the Stars

Plot summary

Enoch Wallace, an American Civil War veteran, is chosen by an alien to administer a way station for interplanetary travel. His job is to monitor the machinery of the way station and make sure arrival conditions meet the biological needs of the wide variety of aliens. He is the only human being who knows of the existence of these aliens until almost a hundred years later, when the US government becomes aware of and suspicious about his failure to age or die.

Awards and nominations

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

In 2004, Revelstone Entertainment optioned the film rights to Way Station.[5] In September 2019, Netflix announced plans to produce and distribute a film based on the novel.[6]

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References
  1. "Worlds Without End 1964 Hugo list". Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  2. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1966 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll". Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  3. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1987 Locus All-Time Poll". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2008-05-17.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1998 Locus All-Time Poll". Archived from the original on 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2008-05-17.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  5. Morfoot, Addie (2004-12-04). "Revelstone goes to 'Way Station'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  6. "MATT REEVES' 6TH & IDAHO LANDS SCI-FI CLASSIC WAY STATION FOR NETFLIX". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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