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Gateway

By: Frederik Pohl
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Robert J. Sawyer
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 Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and 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 is...in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take!

BONUS AUDIO: In an exclusive introduction, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer explains why Gateway is one of science fiction's all-time greatest novels.

PLEASE NOTE: Some changes were made to the original text with the permission of the author.

©1977 Frederik Pohl (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera

Critic Reviews

  • Hugo Award, Best Novel, 1978
  • Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1978
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Best Novel, 1978
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What an exceptionally well written and narrated story. Just sit back and enjoy… don’t place it or try your apologise for the writing… just enjoy the concepts and the story.

Loved it

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There's a very clear relationship between the themes and style of this book and Phillip K Dick. This book also attends to the science without belabouring the concepts. Most of all, the character is a typical PKD antihero

A great novel in the vein of PKD

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Great performance and wow, great story. I’m glad it’s as good as I remember reading it as a teenager.

Read it as a Book; Just as I remember it

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Great book. Reminded me a little of Phillip K Dick. Great story, with a backdrop of exploration, alien tech and flawed human beings dealing with it all. Straight on to book two.

They said it was a classic. I agree.

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If you don’t appreciate 1970’s analysis of male female sexuality and homosexuality, give this a miss…

Strong on sexuality

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