Gateway
Pohl, Frederik
From Talparo Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 8 July 2021
Used - Soft cover
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFrom Talparo Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 8 July 2021
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketAbout this Item
A first print copy of the first softcover edition, Del Rey, 1978. Cover shows a small crease at the top front and creasing at the spine but is otherwise in very good condition. Pages are clean, unmarked and tight. Overall a very good copy. We ship well packaged. Seller Inventory # ABE-1676626620181
Bibliographic Details
Title: Gateway
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication Date: 1977
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
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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