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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

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Copyright © 1980 by Frederick Pohl
1980
Science Fiction
2008
1 time
See 17
1 - Wan
2 - On the Way to the Oort Cloud
3 - Wan in Love
4 - Robin Broadhead, Inc.
5 - Janine
6 - After the Fever
7 - Heechee Heaven
8 - Schwarze Peter
9 - Brasilia
10 - The Oldest One
11 - S. Ya. Lavorovna
12 - Sixty Billion Gigibits
13 - At the Halfway Point
14 - The Long Night of the Dreams
15 - Older Than the Oldest One
16 - The Richest Person There Is
17 - The Place Where the Heechee Went
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1421
 Heechee Saga*
#2 of 4
Heechee Saga*     See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of science fiction books by Frederik Pohl written in the 70s and 80s.

1) Gateway
2) Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
3) Heechee Rendezvous
4) The Annals of the Heechee
No dedication.
It was not so easy to live, being young, being so completely alone.
May contain spoilers
At least, Captain thought grayly to himself, when They do come back to reoccupy this universe that They are reshaping to suit Their whims, They'll have to get through those others before They get to us.
Comments may contain spoilers
I bought this because I'd seen it over and over again on the shelves and finally broke down and got it.  It has such a title that is stands out.  By the time I got around to reading it I discovered that it was actually the second book in a trilogy.
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Added: 31-Jan-2015
Last Updated: 15-Oct-2024

Publications

 01-Jan-1980
Del Rey
Paperback A
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-1980
Format:
Paperback A
Cover Price:
$2.50
Pages*:
309
Catalog ID:
27535
Read:
Once
Internal ID:
1531
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-27535-7
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-27535-6
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Wayne Barlowe  - Cover Artist
GATEWAY TO
THE HEECHEE


Robinette Broadhead, made rish by the Gateway mission that had cost him the woman he loved, joined in bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory a Heechee spaceship foud beyond the orbit of Pluto and designed to graze the cometary cloud and transform the basic elements of the universe into untold quantities of food.

Broadhead thought his motives were simple enough: a gamble on a breakthrough that could end famine forever and would make him the wealthiest man in history.  But his understanding, tough-minded wife knew something else drove her husband: a vision of his lost love, poised forever at the "event horizon" of a black hole... where Robin had abandonded her.
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Notes and Comments:
First Edition: February 1980
Paperback format
First Edition: December 1980
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01-Jan-1980
Del Rey
Paperback A

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Awards

1980British Science Fiction AssociationBest Novel Nominee
1981Locus MagazineBest SF Novel Nominee
1981Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of AmericaNebula Award - Best Novel Nominee
1981World Science Fiction SocietyHugo Award - Best Novel Nominee
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