Product DescriptionIn Book Two of the Heechee Saga, Robinette Broadhead is on his way to making a fortune by bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory--a Heechee spaceship that can graze the cometary cloud and transfor the basic elements of the universe into untold quantities of food. But even as he gambles on the breakthrough technology, he is wracked with the guilt of losing his wife, poised forever at the 'event horizon' of a black hole where Robin had abaondoned her. As more and more information comes back from the expedition, Robin grows ever hopeful that he can rescue his beloved Gelle-Klara Moynlin. After three and a years, the factory is discovered to work, and a human is found aboard. Robin's suffering may be just about over.... THE HEECHEE SAGA Book One: Gateway Book Two: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon Book Three: Heechee Rendezvous Book Four: The Annals of the Heechee
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A disappointment after Gateway.
I loved Gateway and couldn't wait to read this book. It was such a disappointment I intended to read no further in this series and am none too interested in reading Pohl again at all.
Rating: - Heechee Book 2: Uncreative and Sex-fixed
Gateway (Heechee Book 1) was a triumph in originality and depth. But it's such a sad fact for me that this sequel spoils the very name "Heechee" and everything I found exciting about the beginning of the series.
I don't know how Pohl could go from such an insightful book like Gateway, where he explored both psychology and space, to a book where all the male characters are hormonal perverts (both young and old). There was nothing nearly as epic as the basic storyline which was presented ... Read More
Rating: - Worth the read.
Like the Heechee Saga book 1 this one is also a little tired and almost silly in some places. However, it has been around a while and is worth the read for dedicated sci-fi fans. You need to have this in your memory when discussing sci-fi with others.
Rating: - Best SciFi
This book out of the Heechee saga is another terrific winner. Fredrick Pohl knows how to teach you the laws of the universe and make you laugh at the same time. The main character Robinette Broadhead is always entertaining!
Rating: - Good space adventure.
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon is the second in Pohl's Heechee saga which posits a future where humanity looks to alien artifacts and technology to assist resolving the complications of overpopulation. In this book the story revolves around a mission to discover the Food Factory, a Heechee space station that is able to manufacture food from basic elements. The crew sent to explore and secure this station is a family of an elder male with two daughters, and the husband of one of the daughters. During ... Read More
- A disappointment after Gateway.
- Worth the read.
- Best SciFi
