Gateway (S.F. MASTERWORKS)

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There are no space battles with lots of explosions or cool space weapons, no fascinating or revolting aliens, but there is a very intimate look at humanity and its psyche and that sort of tale often gets underestimated or even treated unkindly. Were they a bunch of tourists who liked to see the sites of the Galaxy, which included solar systems with life such as ours?

The discovery of an ancient abandoned alien space station together with hundreds of ships is an interesting premiss, but the execution feels terribly dated now – in fact the book feels like it was published early sixties, not the late seventies. As the series progresses, humans are able to use and sometimes reverse engineer Heechee artifacts, including a working Heechee plant that converts simple elements into food.Sadly there is nothing to like about Pohl's protagonist in this novel, in fact Bob is a despicable human being on all accounts (and not in an intentionally anti-hero sorta way either). Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. Der Roman verfolgt zwei Handlungstränge, die sich kapitelweise abwechseln, beide erzählt aus der Perspektive des Hauptprotagonisten Robinette Broadhead, auch "Bob" oder "Robbie" genannt.

I was told to read this book since I've already read Heinlein's Starship Troopers as well as Haldeman's The Forever War. Humanity has no idea how the ships work but they press the coloured buttons and are blasted off at light speed to some distant destination. He won the Campbell Memorial Award again for the 1984 collection of novellas Years of the City, one of two repeat winners during the first forty years. Pero por encima de todo es un estudio sobre la culpa, sus consecuencias y las pesadas cargas que pone en nosotros mismos como seres humanos. I know this is a trilogy and can imagine what comes next, but I'm not sure I'll read the other volumes.This is a well structured sci fi novel, and I can see why it is considered an influential classic, but it has one major problem that I can't get around: the protagonist is a whining, self-absorbed shithead. Both turned out to be fairly interesting though I did personally enjoy the space adventuring the most. In the present time through a series of therapy sessions with his AI therapist and through flashbacks to his time as a Gateway prospector. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). A huge multinational corporation pays intrepid "prospectors" to get aboard these ships, go to a destination, and then come back with any new discoveries.