Way Station
Way Station by C. D. Simak - I have read this back in the '60s while stationed in SEA during that unpleasentness. Needless to say, the story stuck to my mind since then. That and his other title, A Choice of Gods, where two stories that questioned and reviewed several answers of where mankind is and what is his place in the scheme of creation. It also questions and may reaffirm or deny your faith in God and what was taught to you by teachers, religious leaders, politicians and others. C.D. Simak is, to me, a refreshing breath of air that could knock the great from their pedestals and elevate the obscure before the eyes of many. Both books are a good read, each a delightful afternoon journey into "What It Could Be Like", if things were a little different.
Charley