wealth or perish. These were the options that Gateway provided. This man-made spaceport was found by humans to be full of functional interplanetary ships that the enigmatic, disappeared Heechee had left behind. Their destinations have already been planned. Although they are simple to use, they are impossible to govern. Some brave pilots returned with wealth-making discoveries, while others left behind scarcely recognisably human remains. In this future with few resources, there was no shortage of volunteers who were willing to play the ultimate game of Russian roulette. Gateway opens the space operatic Heechee series by Pohl, winner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards. He had a long and distinguished career as an author, agent, and editor who had a significant impact on science fiction.