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A review by billymac1962
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
4.0
This is one I'd been meaning to read forever. Gateway has a great premise, one which leads to great anticipation of wonders and mystery. Gateway is a docking station, left behind by an alien species,
the Heechee. It's like a giant asteroid, stocked with ships programmed to travel to destinations light-years away and then return.
Bob Broadhead has won the lottery, his ticket off an overpopulated
and bleak Earth to Gateway, where missions on these ships bring either death or wealth...you just have to be lucky enough to pick the right ship.
This was a very enjoyable read but really left me wanting more...I felt a little cheated that after reading it I didn't come away with any mysteries resolved or wonders revealed. But I guess that's the
aim behind the first book in a series. After reading the reviews of Beyond the Blue Event Horizon at Amazon.com, I'm convinced that the best is yet to come, although the darn thing's out of print now.
Hopefully I'll find it at my used bookstore haunts. Definitely worth your time and soooo close to meriting a 5-star rating.
the Heechee. It's like a giant asteroid, stocked with ships programmed to travel to destinations light-years away and then return.
Bob Broadhead has won the lottery, his ticket off an overpopulated
and bleak Earth to Gateway, where missions on these ships bring either death or wealth...you just have to be lucky enough to pick the right ship.
This was a very enjoyable read but really left me wanting more...I felt a little cheated that after reading it I didn't come away with any mysteries resolved or wonders revealed. But I guess that's the
aim behind the first book in a series. After reading the reviews of Beyond the Blue Event Horizon at Amazon.com, I'm convinced that the best is yet to come, although the darn thing's out of print now.
Hopefully I'll find it at my used bookstore haunts. Definitely worth your time and soooo close to meriting a 5-star rating.