Clifford D. Simak. WAY STATION. Doubleday,1963. 1st HC/DJ. 1963 Hugo Winner!

Description: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1279 7292 Lincoln Public Schools 60 14 8955 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Simak, Clifford D. WAY STATION. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. 1st edition. With “First Edition” printed on the copyright page, which indicates that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing. This is NOT a book-club book. This is NOT an ex-library book. Buyer beware: there was a book club edition of WAY STATION that was published in a hardcover format that was similar to the 1st edition. This is the real deal: the true 1st edition, 1st printing. SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK AND THIS DUST JACKET. Clifford D. Simak was born in 1904 and died in 1988. He was honored by winning three Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, being named the third Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master, and is one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. Simak was born in Wisconsin and spent most of his life in Wisconsin and in Minnesota. He became interested in science fiction after reading the works of H.G. Wells. He was also associated with the Minneapolis Star and Tribune for much of his adult life. He was well liked by many of his science fiction colleagues, especially Isaac Asimov. Simak was the author of such great and famous books as COSMIC ENGINEERS (a Gnome Press book), THE CREATOR, CITY (winner of the International Fantasy Award), RING AROUND THE SUN, TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING, WAY STATION (a Hugo Award winner; offered here), THEY WALKED LIKE MEN, WHY CALL THEM BACK FROM HEAVEN?, THE WEREWOLF PRINCIPLE, THE GOBLIN RESERVATION, OUT OF THEIR MINDS, DESTINY DOLL, A CHOICE OF GODS, CEMETERY WORLD, OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN, A HERITAGE OF STARS, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE TALISMAN, THE VISITORS, PROJECT POPE, SPECIAL DELIVERANCE, HIGHWAY TO ETERNITY, and a number of others. WAY STATION is absolutely one of the scarcest and most valuable of all of the Hugo Award winning novels in their first edition state, rivaling the scarcity of such famous Hugo Award winners as DUNE, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, RINGWORLD, DOUBLE STAR, and A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. From the dust jacket: “ . . . WAY STATION . . . Clifford D. Simak . . . Enoch Wallace led a solitary life. He left his house only to collect his mail or take an occasional walk; his two Earthly acquaintances were the postman and a beautiful deaf-mute girl who could mend the broken wing of a butterfly. If his neighbors in the hills of Wisconsin thought it strange that he never seemed to grow older, they never spoke of it. He was, in fact, the keeper of Way Station 18327 . . . When Wallace Agreed to manage the Way Station, he had been unaware of the greater role for which he was being considered -- Earth’s sole representative to the Inter-Galactic Council. For more than a century he carried out his duties flawlessly, having become so accustomed to the bizarre and wonderful creatures that passed through his materializer he saw nothing unusual in a plasm that communicated by changing its shape or a beetle that counted by clicking its mandibles. He passed many evenings listening to the fascinating tales of these travelers from the farthest reaches of space . . . Then the outside world threatened to destroy the Way Station, and with it, man’s last hope of avoiding cataclysmic self-annihilation. The CIA suddenly became interested in a Civil War veteran who looked younger than thirty, an alien corpse in his family cemetery, and a house whose windows could not be broken with an axe . . . WAY STATION is top-grade science fiction by one of the foremost authors in the field . . . “ From the rear flap of the dust jacket: “ . . . CLIFFORD D. SIMAK is the Winner of the International Fantasy Award for his brilliantly prophetic novel CITY. Mr. Simak has more than 120 published stories to his credit. He is the author of RING AROUND THE SUN, TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING, and most recently, THEY WALKED LIKE MEN. He has been a journalist ever since he left college, and for the past fourteen years has been News Editor of the Minneapolis Star. Born in Wisconsin, Mr. Simak lives with his wife and two children in Excelsior, Minnesota . . . “ Some of the awards and award nominations that Clifford Simak has been honored with: 1952: CITY. International Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel. 1958: “The Big Front Yard.” Hugo Award winner for Best Novelette. 1961: TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1963: WAY STATION. Hugo Award winner for Best Novel. 1965: ALL FLESH IS GRASS. Nebula Award nominee for Best Novel. 1965: “Over the River and Through the Woods. Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1967: Clifford Simak is honored by receiving the Minnesota Academy of Science Award for Distinguished Service to Science. 1968: THE GOBLIN RESERVATION. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1970: “The Thing in the Stone.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novella. 1970: “The Thing in the Stone.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novella. 1971: “The Autumn Land.” Hugo Award nominee for best Short Story. 1971: “The Autumn Land.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1972: A CHOICE OF GODS. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1972: A CHOICE OF GODS. Locus Award nominee for Best Novel. 1973: “Construction Shack.” Hugo award nominee for Best Short Story. 1973: “Epilog.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 1973: Clifford Simak is honored by being given the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award. 1974: “The Marathon Photograph.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novella. 1976: Clifford Simak is honored by being named a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master for Lifetime Achievement. 1977: “Auk House.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novella. 1977: A HERITAGE OF STARS. Locus award nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel. 1977: A HERITAGE OF STARS. Jupiter Award winner for Best Novel. 1979: THE VISITORS. AnLab Award 3rd-place winner for Best Serial. 1980: “The Grotto of the Dancing Deer.” Hugo Award winner for Best Short Story. 1980: “The Grotto of the Dancing Deer.” Nebula Award winner for Best Short Story. 1980: “The Grotto of the Dancing Deer.” Locus Award winner for Best Short Story. 1980: “The Grotto of the Dancing Deer.” AnLab Award winner for Best Short Story. 1981: PROJECT POPE. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1981: PROJECT POPE. Locus Award nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel. 1987: Clifford Simak is honored by being named a Bram Stoker Award Winner for Lifetime Achievement. 1988: Clifford Simak is honored by being named the 33rd Best Science Fiction Writer of All Time in the Interzone Poll. 1996: OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS: THE BEST SHORT FICTION OF CLIFFORD D. SIMAK. Locus Award nominee for Best Collection. Clearly Clifford D. Simak was (and remains) one of the best, most famous, most important, and most collectible science fiction authors of all time. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I grade books and dust jackets: fine, near fine, very good, good, fair, and poor. I describe all faults. If you sell books on EBAY (or anywhere else), it is de rigueur not to list 1st printings of book club books as 1st editions (unless they ARE the 1st edition, which occurs only occasionally); also, a 1st edition, 7th printing, is not a 1st edition. Ex-library books must be noted as such since generally they are of little value to the collector of 1st editions. Condition is also very important to those collectors. Books and dust jackets must be described in detail. In other words, it is incumbent upon the SELLER to know what is and is not a 1st edition. Mistakes can be made (and corrected), of course, but if you DON'T KNOW, don't try to sell a book as a 1st edition. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONDITION: A VERY GOOD+ book in a VERY GOOD+ dust jacket. The book is tight and square in its greenish-brown full-cloth binding. There is no writing in the book; no bookplates; no remainder marks. There is some relatively minor shelf wear at the lower edges of the cloth of the book; basically unobtrusive. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows the correct 1st issue price of $3.50. There are no chips or tears or wrinkles to the dust jacket. There is a minimal amount of archival restoration to the dust jacket (involving no tape whatsoever) that has been accomplished by a professional paper conservationist, mainly at the head and heel of the spine panel of the jacket. There is little to no evidence of the restoration when viewing the dust jacket from the outside. The famous dust jacket artwork is by Ronald Fratell. There is a wonderful contemporary photograph of Clifford D. Simak on the rear panel of the dust jacket. At the time of this listing, this is the only 1st edition copy of WAY STATION currently being offered for sale on EBAY. WAY STATION is certainly a difficult one to find if you're trying to collect all of the Hugo winners in their 1st edition states. A MUST FOR THE COLLECTOR OF HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT SCIENCE FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF CLIFFORD D. SIMAK 1st EDITIONS! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additional photos are available upon request. 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