Gateway

by Pohl, Frederik

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Del Rey. February 12, 19. Paperback. Very Good. Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and on reaches of unimag inable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Hee chee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to ma ke 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 nightmar e trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take! THE HEECHEE SAGA Book One:GATEWAY Book Two:BEYOND THE BLUE EVENT HORIZON Book Three: HEECHEE RENDEZVOUS Book Four: THE ANNALS OF THE HEECHEE

Book summary

The first book in the Heechee series, "Gateway" won both the Nebula and Hugo awards (in 1977 and 1978, respectively). It follows the adventures of a reluctant hero as humanity finally begins to uncover evidence of an extremely advanced alien culture.