Heechee

Frederik Pohl’s Gateway, the first book in the Heechee saga, won the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial awards for best novel, becoming a standard-bearer for classic science fiction. In this bestselling series, the alien race Heechee have long ago left their main spaceship abandoned, renamed the Gateway by humans, since it lets them travel to new worlds. This means “prospectors” like Robinette Broadhead can visit any destination they choose, and bring back lost and forgotten treasures. “Gateway is one of those rare gems: a deeply human story set against the wonders and beauty of the infinite starry universe. Fred Pohl, Old Master that he is, has broken new ground for the science-fiction novel.” (Ben Bova, Editor, Analog Magazine).