| Beyond the Blue Event Horizon Contributor(s): Pohl, Frederik (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765321777 ISBN-13: 9780765321770 Publisher: St. Martin's Press OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 Annotation: The bestselling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning hard SF masterpiece "Gateway" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Alien Contact - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Exploration |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008053819 |
| Series: Heechee |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frederik Pohl was on a streak when this Hugo Award-finalist novel was published in 1980. Now back in print after an absence of nearly a decade, this unique science fiction novel is as fresh and entertaining as ever. The story begins when the hero of Gateway finances an expedition to a distant alien spaceship that may end famine forever. On the ship, the explorers find a human boy, and evidence that reveals a powerful alien civilization is thriving on a transport ship headed right for Earth.... |
Contributor Bio(s): Pohl, Frederik: - Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) was one of science fiction's most important authors. Among his many novels are Gateway, which won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, the Locus SF Award, and the Nebula Award, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, which was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and Jem, which won the 1980 National Book Award in Science Fiction. He also collaborated on classic science fiction novels including The Space Merchants with Cyril M. Kornbluth. Pohl was an award-winning editor of Galaxy and If, a book editor at Bantam, and served as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by SFWA in 1993, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. |