Gateway (Heechee Saga)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (593 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345475836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Blain A good story. Well written and a must for understanding the rest of the Heechee series. This is my first time through and I enjoyed it and ordered the other books in the series before I was done.. "How much fun is this book" according to jbrew2001. How much fun is this book? What a classic! It won a ton of awards, and it's easy to see why. Highly recommended!. Steven M. Anthony said Entertaining Novella. This science fiction work was awarded both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1978. Apart from its abbreviated length, I found it be well deserving of the awards. The novella is set in the somewhat distant future, in which the Earth, with a population of "Entertaining Novella" according to Steven M. Anthony. This science fiction work was awarded both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1978. Apart from its abbreviated length, I found it be well deserving of the awards. The novella is set in the somewhat distant future, in which the Earth, with a population of 25 million souls is suffering from food shortages and converts hydrocarbons not into energy, but into food. Picture a "Soylent Green" society. To alleviate overcrowding, colonies have been founded on Mars, Venus and Luna.While establishing the underground Venus colony, the remnants of a previous civilization are discovered. A "p. 5 million souls is suffering from food shortages and converts hydrocarbons not into energy, but into food. Picture a "Soylent Green" society. To alleviate overcrowding, colonies have been founded on Mars, Venus and Luna.While establishing the underground Venus colony, the remnants of a previous civilization are discovered. A "p
Three missions later, now famous and permanently rich, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he isin a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take!THE HEECHEE SAGABook One:GATEWAYBook Two:BEYOND THE BLUE EVENT HORIZONBook Three: HEECHEE RENDEZVOUSBook Four: THE ANNALS OF THE HEECHEEFrom the Paperback edition.. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune. Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universeand on reaches of unimaginable horror
. From the Inside Flap Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universeand on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob 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, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he isin a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that h
Campbell Award * 'An outstanding work highly recommended' -- Library Journal . SALES POINTS * #9 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * Winner of the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the John W