Gateway (S.F. MASTERWORKS)

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And now I’d like to hear from you: What are your thoughts on Gateway? Or your thoughts on Pohl’s other works, and his influence on the field of science fiction? Literature of Science Fiction lecture". Archived from the original on July 31, 2020 . Retrieved September 3, 2013. Gateway is not a novel for those who insist on predictability, likable characters, or happy endings. However, while I found it troubling, I have to say it is a masterpiece of the genre, written by one of the most accomplished authors at the very top of his game. In the end, I admit it: My dad was right, and this book was well worth reading.

When an author of the stature of Frederik Pohl says that . . . Gateway is the best thing he has ever written, it deserves careful attention. . . . Get this one.” — Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine A century in the future, humans land on Venus and colonize it. Below the surface, thousands of miles of artificial tunnels are discovered. They are believed to have been built thousands of years ago by an alien species known as the Heechee, but little else is known about them until an explorer discovers a Heechee ship, intact and operational, in one of the tunnels.

Gateway is one of those sci-fi classics that I am supposed to have absorbed if I want to consider myself well read in the genre. It's one of the rare Hugo/Nebula double winners (not to mention the Locus and Campbell awards, which pretty much covers all of them)! It is by one of the stalwarts of geek writing, the man who, as an editor, made sure Dhalgren was published, fergoshsakes! (And congratulations to Fred Pohl, by the way, on still being alive and engaging with the fandom at the approximate age of 103!) A German-language edition of the first three novels was published 20 years later as "The Gateway Trilogy": Die Gateway-Trilogie (Munich: Heyne Verlag, 2004). [3] The Boy Who Would Live Forever incorporated three previously published stories: [4] Hal Clement: Major Harry Stubbs". The Way the Future Blogs. March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012 . Retrieved September 8, 2012. Ashley, Mike, Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970, Liverpool University Press (2005), ISBN 0-85323-779-4, p.207. But this is connected with another quality within the book: Broadhead's complete dismissal of the supernatural when describing the forming of the cosmos. He is certain of the non-continuance of the human soul even while lecturing others about what he calls the "gosh numbers"--numbers that show an incredible symmetry in the universe. His explanation is never a supreme being but ever more and more powerful aliens. It reminds me of Young Sheldon explaining the amazing and improbable randomness of the universe to comfort his mother but still maintaining his own atheism. Why? because Atheism is what scientists in popular culture wear, just as they wear lab coats.

Lancaster University (July 24, 2020). "Sci-fi foretold social media, Uber and Augmented Reality, offers insights into the future - Science fiction authors can help predict future consumer patterns". EurekAlert! . Retrieved July 26, 2020. His death on 2 September 2013 shook the world despite his old age. He was celebrated for his massive writing works and his achievements in science. He was a legend that the authors’ fraternity regretted to lose.

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All the Lives He Led". Macmillan Publishers. July 9, 2012. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011 . Retrieved September 8, 2012. His works include not only science fiction, but also articles for Playboy and Family Circle magazines and nonfiction books. For a time, he was the official authority for Encyclopædia Britannica on the subject of Emperor Tiberius. (He wrote a book on the subject of Tiberius, as "Ernst Mason".) [31] David A. Kyle. "The Legendary Hydra Club". Mimosa 25. Rich and Nikki Lynch . Retrieved August 7, 2014.

Though the novel was published in 1977, Gateway feels very modern. The vision of Earth as wasted by pollution, flooded by rising seas, and overstuffed with people is still seen today as a future that’s all too likely if mankind does not change its ways. The book presents various sexual situations involving homosexuality, bisexuality, infidelity, and polyamorous relationships in a very open and non-judgmental manner. The novel is also interspersed with snippets from the future: copies of contracts, newspaper items, personal ads, poems, letters, and computer code. These do a good job of immersing the reader in this fascinating future world; my only thought is that future editions might want to put these snippets in a different font. In the edition I read, they are presented in a format that looks like teletype printouts which, instead of appearing like glimpses of the future, seems more fitting for images from the past. a b "Fred's Pen Names". Thewaythefutureblogs.com. May 14, 2010. Archived from the original on May 16, 2010 . Retrieved September 8, 2012. Wealth ... 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. a b Worlds of If 21.6, issue 161 (Jul–Aug 1972) publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2014-12-12.In July 2020, an academic description reported on the nature and rise of the " robot prosumer", derived from modern-day technology and related participatory culture, that, in turn, was substantially predicted earlier by science fiction writers, most notably by Pohl. [43] [44] [45] Collaborative work [ edit ] He finished a novel begun by Arthur C. Clarke, The Last Theorem, which was published on August 5, 2008.