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Synopsis
Wealth ... or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee.
Their destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of desperate volunteers.
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Review
Some SF writers have astonishingly long productive careers. Frederik Pohl started in 1940 and with Cyril Kornbluth co-wrote such classic 1950s satires as The Space Merchants. He won Hugo and Nebula awards for the 1977 Gateway, a major novel combining classic SF excitement with psychological depth and now reissued in Millennium SF Masterworks. The compelling central idea is Gateway itself, an asteroid base stuffed with abandoned interstellar ships built by the mysterious, elusive alien "Heechee". These tiny vessels can travel on autopilot to countless unknown destinations. Some human passengers return with fabulous technologies and scientific insights, others empty-handed. Many more die from incomprehensible hazards at journey's end, or from lack of food or air in overlong round-trips. So the atmosphere of the human community at Gateway is uniquely edgy, halfway between a gold-rush town and Death Row. Pohl's unheroic hero Broadhead has both good and bad luck in Heechee craft, emerging with riches and terrible loss. We learn the shattering story of what happened in successive flashbacks, while the engaging, scene-stealing AI psychology software called Sigfrid patiently tries to put Broadhead together again. Gateway is witty and humane, full of clever insights, ingenious asides and claustrophobic drama. Its sequels are less impressive. --David Langford
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One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time
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Gateway
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 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, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he is.in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take!THE HEECHEE SAGABook One: GATEWAYBook Two: BEYOND THE BLUE EVENT HORIZONBook Three: HEECHEE RENDEZVOUSBook Four: THE ANNALS OF THE HEECHEE "From the Paperback edition." Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123702337
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GATEWAY
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Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0345318595I5N00
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GATEWAY
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Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0345318595I5N00
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Gateway
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence! Seller Inventory # X0345318595X2
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GATEWAY
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Del Rey/Ballantine, 1984
ISBN 10: 0345318595
ISBN 13: 9780345318596
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 7th Printing. 7TH PRINTING MARCH 1984. DIFFERENT COVER HAS CREASING AND SURFACE WEAR. 313 PAGE TEXT HAS A LITTLE WEAR. SCIENCE FICTION. 4.25" X 7". WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS. Seller Inventory # SKU1073145
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Gateway (Book 1 of 6 in the Heechee Saga)
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Ballantine Books -- Del Rey., Canada, 1981
ISBN 10: 0345318595
ISBN 13: 9780345318596
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Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. BORIS Vallejo painted cover (illustrator). 4th Edition By Publisher. 313-pages; BORIS Vallejo painted cover; Goodreads; Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe. and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Robinette 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, Rob Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he has become. in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take! >> Spine slant; date stamp to bottom of paper spine; edge wear to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 167378
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Gateway
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Del Rey Books, New York, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0345318595
ISBN 13: 9780345318596
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Mass Market Paperback
Seller: Ye Old Bookworm, Odessa, TX, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fourth Printing. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 313 pages; Mass market paperback rubbed and scuffed at edges, spine ends and corner tips. Creased at hinge. Text block clean with yellowing and pages tight. Bagged for protection. Seller Inventory # 17235
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Gateway
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Del Rey/Ballantine Books, New York, NY, 1984
ISBN 10: 0345318595
ISBN 13: 9780345318596
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus; Seventh Printing. Vi + [314] pp. Del Rey/Ballantine Books (1977) , 7th printing (March 1984) , single very light spine crease, clean as new pages.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 320 pages. Seller Inventory # 6FB-O99-S3R