Description
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.
Winner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and John W. Campbell awards, Gateway begins Pohl's space operatic Heechee saga. He was hugely influential in SF as an author but also an agent and editor, and his career spanned decades.
'A masterpiece of the genre' - Tordotcom
'Gateway deserves its reputation as a classic' - Gareth L. Powell
'One of the best Hugo winners I have read' - Guardian
Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction
About the Author
Frederick Pohl was a SF writer and editor for almost 50 years.
Awards
Winner of John W Campbell Award 1978 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9781399607803
Author Frederik Pohl
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Gateway
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Series S.F. Masterworks
Weight(grams) 260g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 24mm
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The Best of the SF Masterworks |
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S.F. Masterworks |
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Gateway |
