All the elements for a great read: humour, drama, tragedy, great one-liners, a marvellously quirky central character and a great supporting character in the form of a robotic psychologist. - Garry Kilworth.<p></p>A wonderfully satisfying SF premise. - New York Times Book Review.

One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time

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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One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time.
All the elements for a great read: humour, drama, tragedy, great one-liners, a marvellously quirky central character and a great supporting character in the form of a robotic psychologist. - Garry Kilworth.

A wonderfully satisfying SF premise. - New York Times Book Review.
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One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780575094239
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Gollancz
Vekt
254 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

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Om bidragsyterne

Frederick Pohl has been a SF writer and editor for almost 50 years. He grew up in New York, but now lives near Chicago.