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Old 02-02-2020, 11:56 AM   #60
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
Clifford D. Simak must count as one of the Old Masters. Published from 1931 to 1986, with three Hugos and a Nebula to his credit, and the third SFWA Grand Master.

I'm particularly fond of Way Station, which won the 1964 Hugo for best novel. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem to be available as an ebook in the UK at the moment.
It definitely was available at some point, from SF Gateway, since that's where I got mine. It had quite a lot of scannos I seem to remember, so maybe it got pulled for quality control.

A lot of the early SF masters are very dry, relying on the ideas to carry them, but Simak's book have a peculiar atmosphere that I like, and that makes them work even when the ideas are thin.
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