Reviews

• NOT to be missed!

  Hey there, book lovers! It’s your old pal, Ninetoes, coming to you from Ninetoes Loves Books Headquarters. Today, I am looking at Frederick Pohl’s classic science fiction novel, Gateway. I have coffee in my system and my thinking cap on, so let’s get to it! Back in 1988, I was in a bookstore with a man who was destined to become one of the best friends I ever met. We had just met (and there is a story there), after dinner, we went to the mall with our dates, and we ended up in the science fiction section. He pointed to the book Gateway by Frederick Pohl, asked if I read it, and a future friendship was cemented. First of all, this is a science fiction lover’s book. There are no intergalactic empires, space battles, laser swords, or ray guns. A civilization known as the HeeChee left behind technologies seeded among the stars. For the right price, you can board a Heechee ship and take off for parts unknown among the stars. The catch? You may never return. Many have paid the price, taken the trip, and died among the stars or just simply disappeared. Enter Robinette Broadhead. He paid the price for such a trip and lived to tell the tale, and became insanely rich in the process. Now, you would think that having more money than God and living in the proverbial lap of luxury would be enough to live happily ever after, but not for poor Robin. With the help of his computerized psychiatrist (Sigmund Von Shrink), Robin will uncover the source of his crippling despair and uncover the truth of what happened on his trip among the stars. Now, this needs to be said. If you came up to me, on any given day, and said, “Ninetoes, I want your top five all-time favorite science fiction novels”, this book would be at the top two of the list! It is flat out one of the very best science fiction books I have ever read. This is a book of journeys, space travel, and personal, that gives you food for thought. Personally, I would have taken one of those trips. Sure, it can be a death sentence, but if not, the payoff is legendary. However, I am the kind who would want to go for the experience. To fly among the stars, engage in alien technology, and this book let me do it! The downside is that this book is NOT available in ebook format. Yeah, it was hell on these old eyes. The print is small with a capital “S”. So, be warned that if you have trouble with small print in a book, you will have difficulties, but the experience you get from reading it is well worth the pain! This book is perfect. Oh, excuse me, this book is perfect for anyone who loves science in science fiction! I give this book 5+bookmarks out of 5! Until the next time, I bid you happy reading!

• Un clásico de la ciencia ficción

  Con el foco en más en gente normal --casi camisas rojas de Star Trek-- que en gente fuera de serie, Fredrik Pohl nos ofrece una excelente historia de contacto con una civilización alienígena SIN contacto con alienígenas. Recomendado.

• A seemingly simple premise which turns complex.

  Interesting and entertaining read...mixing space travel and psychoanalysis. Well written. Interesting classified ads in between that give you a view of the life in gateway, earth and Venus. Weird in some places but still interesting.

• Trully a sci-fi master piece!

  I've been on a sci-fi books spree and this one is extremely interesting. Great characters, an interesting structure, a fascinating universe... in some moments you get completely hooked.

• Excellent

  Je lis beaucoup mais pas spécifiquement de la science-fiction. Cependant, la science-fiction, j'aime bien...exclusivement en anglais. Voilà quelques années j'avais lu du même auteur "Farthest Star" qui m'avait vraiment beaucoup plu. Avec "Gateway" et "Beyond the Bue Event Horizon" j'ai retrouvé immédiatement ce plaisir d'un extrordinaire voyage virtuel dans le cosmos. L'anglais ajoute, pour moi, une incroyable dimension à la création intérieure de l'image. Vraiment excellent.

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