Description: Book One of the Heechee Saga: Robinette Broadhead is a young miner who wins a lottery, giving him enough money to purchase a one-way ticket to Gateway, an asteroid hollowed out by the Heechee, a long-vanished alien super-race. Nearly a thousand small, abandoned starships are located at Gateway and huge amounts of money are promised to brave prospectors prepared to fly off in search of alien technology and artifacts. The controls for selecting a destination have been identified, but nobody knows where a particular setting will take the ship, how long the trip will last, or even if there is enough fuel to get back. Most settings lead to useless or lethal places. A few, however, result in the discovery of new Heechee artifacts and habitable planets in other star systems, making the crews extremely wealthy. Gateway won the 1977 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Hugo Award, Locus Award, and John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel in 1978.
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Book Title: Gateway
Book Series: Heechee Saga
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Original Language: English
Edition: Third Printing
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1978
Type: Novel
Format: Mass Market
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Author: Frederik Pohl
Features: Nebula, Hugo, Locus, & John W. Campbell Award Winner
Genre: Science Fiction
Topic: Science Fiction / General
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Weight: 0.37 pounds
Number of Pages: 313 Pages
