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Gateway. An asteroid with alien technology on it. Would you risk a lottery that would send you there and possibly open up the wealth of the Universe, or risk unimaginable terror? Unlikely hero Robinette Broadhead does exactly that. On his way to the famous Gateway where he must choose a Heechee spacecraft that will be the right mission to make him his fortune.
After his second, not-so-successful mission, and funds running out he must reluctantly try for one last, and hopefully not fatal, mission. His third try results in a discovery so unimaginable that will make him famous and rich beyond belief. But now Rob Broadhead has to face what has happened to him and what he will do next in an even more horrifying journey than the original nightmare trip through the galactic void that drove him to Gateway in the first place.
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Heechee Saga #1: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
randycpenny, March 2, 2011
Gateway. An asteroid with alien technology on it. Would you risk a lottery that would send you there and possibly open up the wealth of the Universe, or risk unimaginable terror? Unlikely hero Robinette Broadhead does exactly that. On his way to the famous Gateway where he must choose a Heechee spacecraft that will be the right mission to make him his fortune.After his second, not-so-successful mission, and funds running out he must reluctantly try for one last, and hopefully not fatal, mission. His third try results in a discovery so unimaginable that will make him famous and rich beyond belief. But now Rob Broadhead has to face what has happened to him and what he will do next in an even more horrifying journey than the original nightmare trip through the galactic void that drove him to Gateway in the first place.