{"product_id":"gateway-9781399607803","title":"Gateway","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and John W. Campbell awards, \u003c\/i\u003eGateway\u003ci\u003e  begins Pohl''s 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\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A masterpiece of the genre'' - \u003ci\u003eTordotcom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eGateway\u003c\/i\u003e deserves its reputation as a classic'' - Gareth L. Powell\u003cbr\u003e''One of the best Hugo winners I have read'' - \u003ci\u003eGuardia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836752511319,"sku":"9781399607803","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399607803.jpg?v=1710381994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gateway-9781399607803","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}