Srikanth's Reviews > Gateway

A decent SF. It is quite a short novel of about 300 pages. It describes the protagonist taking blind adventures in the Heechee ships whose operating principles are unknown. People take these risk for wealth since the finds, if any, are well compensated. The risks are that the destinations are unknown in both location and time. The only guarantee is that once the ship starts, it always come back. The passengers might be alive or dead or missing. The novel has two alternative sequences - in one sequence the protagonist is a very rich man having therapy with a computer shrink and the second sequence describes the source of his wealth and mental troubles.

Overall a decent read.