The human operator of a transfer station for aliens traveling between planets, kept secret from the human race, deals with discovery by the US government and interplanetary political crisis, as well as his own emotional issues.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Winner |
| 1964 | Hugo Award | Best Short Fiction | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus Online | 20th Century Science Fiction Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |
|
Way Station | Doubleday | Novel | |
| November 1963 |
|
Way Station | Doubleday / SFBC | Novel | |
| 1964 |
|
Way Station | Gollancz | Novel | |
| November 1964 |
|
Way Station | Macfadden Books | Novel | 7 |
| November 1964 |
|
Way Station | Macfadden Books | Novel | 7 |
| May 1965 |
|
Way Station | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Novel | |
| 1966 |
|
Way Station | Pan Books | Novel | 5 |
| April 1969 |
|
Way Station | Macfadden-Bartell | Novel | 7 |
| April 1969 |
|
Way Station | Macfadden-Bartell | Novel | 7 |
| August 1973 |
|
Way Station | Manor Books | Novel | 8 |
| 1975 |
|
Way Station | Manor Books | Novel | 7 |
| November 1976 |
|
Way Station | Methuen Paperbacks | Novel | 5 |
| March 1980 |
|
Way Station | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| May 1980 | Way Station | Robert Bentley | Novel | ||
| 1984 |
|
Way Station | Methuen | Novel | |
| October 1985 |
|
Way Station | Doubleday / SFBC | Novel | |
| June 1986 |
|
Way Station | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| 1988 |
|
Way Station | The Easton Press | Novel | 1 |
| April 1988 |
|
Way Station | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| 1993 |
|
Way Station | Collier / Macmillan | Novel | |
| January 1993 |
|
Way Station | Collier / Macmillan | Novel | |
| August 1994 | Way Station | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | ||
| October 2000 |
|
Way Station | Gollancz | Novel | |
| August 2004 |
|
Way Station | Old Earth Books | Novel | |
| July 2008 |
|
Way Station | Audible Studios | Novel | |2 |
| September 2011 |
|
Way Station | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| March 2012 |
|
Way Station | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| November 2013 |
|
Time Is the Simplest Thing / Way Station / A Choice of Gods | Gollancz / Orion | Omnibus | |
| December 2013 |
|
Time Is the Simplest Thing / Way Station / A Choice of Gods | Gateway / Orion | Omnibus | |
| July 2015 |
|
Way Station | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel | 1 |
| July 2015 |
|
Way Station | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel | |
| November 2019 |
|
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 | The Library of America | Omnibus | 141 |
| November 2019 |
|
American Science Fiction: Eight Classic Novels of the 1960s | The Library of America | Omnibus | 141 |
| November 2019 |
|
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 | The Library of America | Omnibus | |141 |