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Gateway

(Heechee Saga)

By Frederik Pohl

(29)

| Mass Market Paperback | 9780345346902

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Book Description

Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune. Three missions later, now famous and permanently rich, Continue

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Frederik Pohl's Gateway has long been considered a classic of the genre. In 1978, it won the Campbell, the Hugo, the Locus and the Nebula awards. Did it deserve such laurels? In a word, yes. The mysterious tunneled worlds and technology of the Heeche ... (read full critics)

sfsite published on Mon, 17 Jan 2011

3 Reviews

A classic tale of SF. The "shrink" part is important but rather boring. The "exploration" part is very well written.

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Casolino Marco said on Nov 9, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

My favorite SF book of all time.

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Jim Playford said on Dec 19, 2010 | Add your feedback

I've been craving for some old school space opera and ran into this Pohl title recently. Gateway won the major awards in its year of publication and it is a decent read, though judging from memory, I like Man Plus more (I read that title more than 2 decades ago, so not entirely sure it is a fair ass ... (continue)

I've been craving for some old school space opera and ran into this Pohl title recently. Gateway won the major awards in its year of publication and it is a decent read, though judging from memory, I like Man Plus more (I read that title more than 2 decades ago, so not entirely sure it is a fair assessment).
Gateway isn't very action packed; if that's what you're looking for then Donaldson's Gap series is way more fun. Pohl seems much more interested in developing characters' inner worlds and peeling them away layer by layer than space hopping adventure.

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Jubei said on Mar 19, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback