tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095695341570716002.post2832362873055010304..comments2023-10-27T17:16:27.467-04:00Comments on The Hugo Endurance Project: GatewayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12364999124473415795noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095695341570716002.post-85739775544160565032012-12-16T15:00:14.009-05:002012-12-16T15:00:14.009-05:00Yeah, I had the same experience, reading it after ...Yeah, I had the same experience, reading it after a good deal of Heinlein and others that started to make me feel I'd fallen into a vortex of gross mysogyny and I wasn't going to get out.<br /><br />I think the final determination for me will come down to what kind of transformation Rob goes through in the rest of the series.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364999124473415795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095695341570716002.post-15464937857140134082012-12-14T09:22:26.903-05:002012-12-14T09:22:26.903-05:00I had mixed feelings about this one myself. My dis...I had mixed feelings about this one myself. My dislike for Rob kept getting in the way of my enjoyment of the strangeness of the Heechees and the coolness of the whole exploration/potential-suicide aspect of going on missions. To be honest, it wasn't until reading your review that I ever considered that Pohl may have intentionally made Rob an unsympathetic character. I had read this book right after Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles", some Heinlein, and Wyndham's "Chocky", and so I was starting to get defensive about the rampant misogyny and homophobia in some of the earlier sci-fi "classics." As such, I wasn't very charitable to Pohl.<br /><br />Now I think I need to take another look at this one, but not until I get my hands on the rest of the series. Thanks! You've made me re-appraise my impressions of this one.Sebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287375836781255561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095695341570716002.post-55453552188860768662012-06-11T20:12:50.000-04:002012-06-11T20:12:50.000-04:00Yeah, and I got the feeling that if I looked at th...Yeah, and I got the feeling that if I looked at the Gateway series as a whole, the score would go up even more. The lowest score was the universe score and that was only because I wanted to see it developed more and also some of that went into the scientific wonders score. It was pretty clear that a lot of Heechee stuff was getting saved for later in the series so I think once I read a few more (which I can't wait for), I will like the series even more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364999124473415795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095695341570716002.post-17496360045283644432012-06-11T04:18:28.269-04:002012-06-11T04:18:28.269-04:00Gateway is yet another favorite of mine. I'm d...Gateway is yet another favorite of mine. I'm delighted about the decent HEP score it got. The Heechees are still a most alien and mysterious race.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944487011611580147noreply@blogger.com