![]() ![]() Thanks to its dense worldbuilding and surprisingly gripping storyline, the book won several science fiction awards, including the 1977 Nebula and the 1978 Hugo for Best Novel. In need of cash, Broadhead agrees to go on a number of expeditions with various - possibly deadly - results. As no one can decipher the intricacies of the Heechee technology, flying on these ships is a lucrative, but dangerous gamble. From there, humans use misunderstood Heechee cruisers to explore unknown destinations. The first novel in Pohl’s Heechee Saga centers on Robinette Stetley Broadhead, a desperate and frightened shale miner aboard the Heechee space station known as Gateway. ![]() Variety reports that Skybound Entertainment has optioned Frederik Pohl’s 1977 novel Gateway with an eye toward developing it as a television series. ![]()
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