Gateway

Name: Gateway
Author: Frederik Pohl

1977 novel by Frederik Pohl

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Author: Frederik Pohl
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Released: November 1976
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Language: English
Genre: science fiction
Followed by: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Awards: Prix Tour-Apollo Award(1979)
, Nebula Award for Best Novel(April 29, 1978)
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, Hugo Award for Best Novel(1978)
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Gateway is a 1977 science-fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. It is the opening novel in the Heechee saga, with four sequels that followed. Gateway won the 1978 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1978 Locus Award for Best Novel, the 1977 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1978 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. The novel was adapted into a computer game in 1992.

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Part of the series: Heechee Saga followed by: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Country of origin: United States
Title: Gateway
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-21
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La Grande Porte
Distribution format: paperback
Main subject: space exploration
Illustrator: Vincent Di Fate
Cover art by: Boris Vallejo
Place of publication: United States
Form of creative work: novel
Has version, edition or translation: Gateway language: English
Gateway released: October 12, 2004 · publisher: Del Rey Books · distribution format: paperback

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