“All right, then,” said
Hardwicke, “let’s start over once again and take it piece by piece. You say you have this man…”
His
name,” said Lewis, “is Enoch Wallace.
Chronologically, he is one hundred and twenty-four years old. He was born on a farm a few miles from the
town of Millville in Wisconsin, April 22, 1840, and he is the only child of
Jedediah and Amanda Wallace. He enlisted
among the first of them when Abe Lincoln called for volunteers.”
Way Station by Clifford
D. Simak
This
is how you begin a story if you want me to fall in love with it at first
sight. A beautiful setting, interesting characters and intergalactic suspense. It’s gonna be a good week of
reading...
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