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^ Nah, Gateway is a minor classic IMO - and the revelation at the end that
(spoilers obviously)
the protagonist's shipmates are still and will always be in the act of dying while he deals with his survivor's guilt is a brilliant device that melds the personal and the scientific to produce a metaphor that only SF could give us.
The ending is memorable, and in a good way.
(spoilers obviously)
the protagonist's shipmates are still and will always be in the act of dying while he deals with his survivor's guilt is a brilliant device that melds the personal and the scientific to produce a metaphor that only SF could give us.
The ending is memorable, and in a good way.