Science Fiction Book Review Podcast · Luke Burrage
SFBRP #556 – Frederik Pohl – Gateway – Heechee Saga #1
December 15, 2024·1 hr 4 min·5 clips
The climax of Gateway exposes the protagonist's hidden bisexuality and self-loathing through Freudian therapy sessions.
As heard by us
A reread that turns Gateway into a wider argument about what 1970s SF can still carry.
Luke Burridge returns to Gateway after almost exactly 15 years and asks whether the high rating from 2009 still holds, along with why the book stayed lodged in the show's must-reads list.
Why you'd press play
You want Gateway revisited with a sideways argument about what 1970s SF was hiding.
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