Frederik Pohl
Paperback | Pages: 278 pages Rating: 4.07 | 38044 Users | 1503 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Gateway |
| ISBN: | 0345475836 (ISBN13: 9780345475831) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Heechee Saga #1 |
| Characters: | Robinette Broadhead |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (1978), Nebula Award for Best Novel (1977), Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1978), John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1978), Ditmar Award Nominee for Best International Long Fiction (1978) Prix Tour-Apollo Award (1979) |
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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!Be Specific About Out Of Books Gateway (Heechee Saga #1)
| Title | : | Gateway (Heechee Saga #1) |
| Author | : | Frederik Pohl |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 278 pages |
| Published | : | October 12th 2004 by Del Rey (first published 1977) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 38044 Users | 1503 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books Gateway (Heechee Saga #1)
This turned out to be a surprisingly good and entertaining sci-fi tale. When I picked up a copy of the novel I thought I was heading for an Edgar Rice Burroughs type pulp sci-fi story. I'll admit it was the name of the series, the Heechee Saga, that caught me out. It totally sounds like pulp sci-fi! I only realized this was a Hugo and Nebula award winner when it was mentioned by Robert.J.Sawyer in an introduction to the audiobook. That had me a little worried as I've a poor track record withI remember reading this when I was 15 or so, I did not like it. I have no recollection of why I did not like it. Now it is years later and I am at the age of (view spoiler)[none of your bidness ;P (hide spoiler)], having just re-read the book I can tell you why I did not like it then and why I do like it now. Like my 15 year old self I went in expect a Big Dumb Object fun times, something along the line of Rendezvous With Rama, what I ended up reading turn out to be a fairly slow moving
One of the great classics of SF. On the surface, it seems to be mostly about prospecting for Alien tech and new discoveries about the missing Heechee, but in reality, it's all about psychology, and more than that, about Freudian therapy.Say... what?Yep! We've got ourselves something of an anti-hero written in mild shades of The Stars My Destination who we get to know very well on and off the AI therapist's couch as we learn about all the crap that turns him into a real mess. Sure, there's mommy
Gateway by Frederik Pohl is good science fiction, I can see why it won the Hugo. Essentially the story is about a time in the distant future where overpopulation and over consumption of resources have left humans in a regrettable state, but not without some promise. Oil and minerals are mined and then somehow synthetically turned into food. Also interplanetary colonization has spread the burden out some, but life on (or rather in Venus) and Mars is no picnic. One way out is to become a
Old science fiction, what is it, lets see 1976. Hmm, kind of quaint, no?Oh but I like old stuff, new science fiction gives me a headache, all that sensory overload and made up words.So you admit you cant take the pace any more. Just settling down with a 43 year old Hugo n Nebula winner, kids all grown up, maturing your annuities, undoing one more notch on your belt, I get the picture.Well, thats not exactly the way Id have put it So whats it about, this old classic?Well, er its kind of sad.
At first I was so excited about this book. I mean think about it: a long gone race of super intelligent beings leave us with an inheritance of a gateway to 1000 locations where unspeakable riches, both financial and scientific, await their rediscovery. The premise sounds great, right? I mean who wouldn't wanna go on an adventure in outer space? To discover just what it is that we've inherited? (And we did, I mean the Heechees left everything in pristine condition, just waiting for us.)So there I
Space opera combined with Freudian psychology, set in two parallel timelines. Even if the main character, Rob (Robinette) was not a likeable person, he was definitely interesting, and I totally loved 'Sigfrid' (kind of an advanced ELIZA).Almost forgot, this comparison marked me (even though men aren't like wolves, they don't stop when seeing submission): "It isn't a matter of what's rational or justified, it is a matter of signals. It was the wrong signal to give me. The reason wolves don't kill
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