a_vesper%advax.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (09/07/84)
From: a_vesper%advax.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (Andy V) > On an asteroid, some <thing> (machine, device, computer) directs > adventurous individuals on a random expedition. These expeditions > are exploratory. If a valuable astronomical body is found (like a > double star), then the adventurers can claim overwhelming rewards. > More often that not, however, the adventurers never return alive. This is @i(Gateway) by Frederick Pohl, which came up recently in SFL, but only by name and not description. There are 3 novels in the series now, plus a short story. > SF-LOVERS Digest Monday, 27 Aug 1984 Volume 9 : Issue 164 > > 1 Gateway (paperback) > 2 Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (paperback) > 3 HeeChee Rendezvous (hardback , just out) > > ==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories > (201) 576-6259 > Paths: [ihnp4, allegra, hogpc, ...]!pegasus!naiman The short story is "The Merchants of Venus": > SF-LOVERS Digest Monday, 3 Sep 1984 Volume 9 : Issue 167 > > Yes, it's true. "The Merchants of Venus" is the first story about the > Heechee. It first appeared in the 8/72 issue of WORLDS OF IF > magazine. It can also be found in, at least, THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION > FOR 1973 (ed. by Forrest J Acker- man), THE FUTURE NOW (ed. by Robert > Hoskins), and the Pohl story collection, THE GOLD AT STARBOW'S END. > > --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) Andy V