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Hugo Award winner 1964

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Fungus Gnat
Aug 29, 2011 rated it really liked it
Not long after the Civil War, Enoch Wallace, who fought in it, is approached by a space alien to serve as the custodian of a way station (his house) for interstellar travelers from a variety of alien races. Now, almost a century later, Enoch’s pleasant existence is threatened by neighbors and intelligence agents who wonder at his reclusive existence and his failure to age like everyone else.

With the exception of a few of the book’s short chapters in the early going, the story is told entirely f
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4 stars. Review to Come

First book I've read by Simak - will be checking out others.
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