Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
by:
Frederik Pohl (author)
In book two of the Heechee Saga that started with Gateway, Robinette Broadhead is on his way to making a fortune by bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory--a Heechee spaceship that can graze the cometary cloud and transform the basic elements of the universe into untold quantities of...
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In book two of the Heechee Saga that started with Gateway, Robinette Broadhead is on his way to making a fortune by bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory--a Heechee spaceship that can graze the cometary cloud and transform the basic elements of the universe into untold quantities of food. But even as he gambles on the breakthrough technology, he is wracked with th
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 279
Edition language: English
Series: Heechee Saga (#2)
This book may be less intense than Gateway, the first book of the Heechee, but it covers a lot of ground answering many questions about the elusive Heechee, from the use of the Heechee "fans" to where the Heechee disappeared to. The characters are exciting and likable. One of my favorites is the com...
Not nearly the equivalent of Gateway but that would be like asking Ken Jennings to win 74 Jeopardy games in a row. Oh Yeah. He did that.Speaking of Jeopardy, back in the 80's I was browsing through the credits of the TV game show and noticed that one of the show writers was Frederik Pohl. "OMG" I th...
The main character of Gateway attempts to deal with the psychological trauma arising from the events of the previous novel.