{"product_id":"9781399607803","title":"Gateway : The Best of the SF Masterworks","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Pohl, Frederik \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 November 2022 by Orion Publishing Co (Gollancz) in the United Kingdom as part of the S.F. Masterworks series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 26 | 256g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWealth ... or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had  discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships  left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Their  destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but impossible  to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid  pilots rich; others returned with their remains barely identifiable. It  was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved  future there was no shortage of desperate volunteers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and John W. Campbell awards, Gateway  begins Pohls space operatic Heechee saga. He was hugely influential in  SF as an author but also an agent and editor, and his career spanned  decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of the genre - TordotcomGateway deserves its reputation as a classic - Gareth L. PowellOne of the best Hugo winners I have read - GuardianWelcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41080278614151,"sku":"9781399607803","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781399607803_fb15ffe0-11e9-410c-a8e9-47dea0c8d2e5.jpg?v=1741633891","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781399607803","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}