Science Fiction · DarkHumans on a crowded Earth pilot abandoned alien starships from an asteroid, hoping for wealth and facing great danger
Gateway
Prospectors fly alien ships to unknown places for a chance at riches
Galaxy Science Fiction serialized the novel beginning in November 1976, and St. Martin's Press published the hardcover in April 1977. Gateway is an asteroid hollowed out by the Heechee, a long-vanished alien race, and it is administered by the Gateway Corporation. Humans from an overcrowded Earth travel there to pilot abandoned Heechee starships to unknown destinations, where they can find wealth but face great danger. Robinette Stetley Broadhead, Gelle-Klara Moynlin and the artificial intelligence therapist program Sigfrid von Shrink are among the characters.
More about this book
Who
Robinette Stetley Broadhead, Gelle-Klara Moynlin and the therapist program Sigfrid von Shrink.
World
Gateway, an asteroid hollowed out by the vanished Heechee.
What makes it different
It won the Hugo, the Nebula, the Locus and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. It is the first novel in the Heechee saga, with four sequels.
Feel
Edgy and wry.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- GatewayWikipedia