Here Gather The Stars Author:Clifford D. Simak The novel that later became famous as *Way Station*, in its original appearance as a two-part serial in GALAXY. You are getting the June and August 1962 issues (it was a bi-monthly at that time), both complete. — ~ ~~ ~ — Enoch Wallace lived on the family farm in backwoods Wisconsin. He looked like a normal human being, although no one could recal... more »l his ever leaving his property. There were, however, some curious facts about Enoch Wallace:
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Records showed that he was a Civil War veteran, over 120 years old, but showing no signs of aging.
His house was invulnerable. No weapon known to man could penetrate it.
In his family cemetary a tombstone inscribed in an unknown language guarded the grave of an alien horror.
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Enoch Wallace was the keeper of Intergalactic Way Station #18327. His job was to maintain communication with alien races, to pass them through Earth, and to prepare his fellow humans for their inevitable meeting with other races of the Universe.« less