8vo. xx, 311, [3] pp. Quarter-blue cloth over pumpkin-coloured boards (slight shelfwear, very slight dustsoiling), w/ d.j. cover art by Darrell K. Sweet (very slight edgewear), NF/NF copy. First edition of Pohl's 3rd title in the Heechee Saga which followed up on the Hugo, Nebula & Campbell Memorial-Award winning "Gateway" and recounts the further adventures of Robinette Broadhead and the Heechee.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Heechee Rendezvous.

Publisher

Del Rey, Ballantine Books, [1982]., New York:

Publication Date

1982

Language

English

ISBN 10

0345300629

ISBN 13

9780345300621

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Robinette Broadhead, who learned the secrets of a cache of Heechee starships found hidden in an asteroid, is brought face to face with the mysterious race who made them

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echee are one of the great creations of science fiction."
Jack Williamson
After millennia had passed, Mankind discovered the Heechee legacy (an alien culture that fled to the reative safety of a black hole)--in particular an asteroid stocked with autonavigating spacecraft. Robinette Broadhead, who had led the expedition that unlocked the many secrets of Heechee technology, is now forced once more to make a perilous voyage into space--where the Heechee are waiting. And this time the future of Man is at stake....
A SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB SELECTION
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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