And here, suddenly, was that new beginning - more wondrous and fearsome than anything he could have dreamed in an insane moment.”įor most of the novel, it’s a simple story without much action, but slowly, small mistakes and the dangers of Earth’s 1960s and atomic war brinksmanship build into existential peril. “For he remembered now how he had been sitting on the steps thinking how he was alone and about a new beginning, knowing that he could not escape a new beginning, and that he must start from scratch and build his life anew. One hundred years ago, his home in the secluded countryside of Wisconsin next to the Mississippi River became a secret way station for aliens traveling through the galaxy. He observes carefully and thinks deeply, and the novel is often quiet and reflective. The strength of this novel, which won the 1963 Hugo Award, is in its main character, Enoch Wallace.
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