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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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Frederik Pohl (1919-2013)
Frederik Pohl had an extensive career as both a writer and editor spanning over seventy years. Using various pseudonyms, Pohl began writing in the late 1930s, his first published work being a poem titled "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna", which appeared in the October 1937 issue of Amazing Stories. Pohl edited both Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories between 1939 and 1943 and whilst many of his own stories appeared in these two pulp magazines they were never under his own name. After this period, from 1943 to 1945, Pohl served in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of sergeant as an air corps weatherman. Between the end of the war and the early '50s, Pohl was active as a literary agent, representing many successful writers of the genre including Isaac Asimov. The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, Pohl became the SFWA Grand Master in 1993 and was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1998. He died in September 2013.
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[Gateway] [published: october 2004] - Frederik Pohl
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Gateway: 1st in the 'Heechee' series of books
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Orion / Millennium, 2000
ISBN 10: 1857988183
ISBN 13: 9781857988185
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Paperback: 7¾" x 5". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Boris Vallejo (illustrator). 1999 Edition. © 1977: 1st in the 'Heechee' series of books. 3rdh printing of 1999 edition. SF Masterworks Series I (#9):- Synopsis: Gateway: an artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some come back with discoveries which make their intrepid pilots rich; others return with their remains barely identifiable. It is the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future there is no shortage of desperate volunteers:- Review(s): "A wonderfully satisfying SF premise" - New York Times Book Review / "All the elements for a great read: humour, drama, tragedy, great one-liners, a marvelously quirky central character and a great supporting character in the form of a robotic psychologist" - Garry Kilworth:- (original cost £6.99). Seller Inventory # 17.004.00046
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