Ante esta situación de desconcierto que abre la puerta a exploraciones sin límites, surge la figura de los «prospectores», seres -en esta ocasión humanos- que se montan en las naves, lanzándose a un futuro prácticamente incierto, a un más que probable suicidio.

Es a través de diálogos plagados de matices, de monólogos internos o de las simples acciones a través de las que nos dibuja el perfil de Rob. A couple of incidents happen between her and Broadhead that made me question why she'd want to be with him. Not just that the narration is not in a straight line, adding to the mystery, but also that the story was interspersed with mission reports, technical bulletins and other files the MC probably read while he was taught on Gateway. Eingeschobene Seiten mit fiktiven Kleinanzeigen, Astronomie-Vorträgen, Statistiken und Expeditionsprotokollen der Gateway-Welt schmücken die Geschichte zusätzlich.Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the recent changes in Goodreads policy and enforcement.

En un futuro en donde la Tierra se encuentra superpoblada y sus recursos son limitados, existe la posibilidad de convertirse en un prospector de Pórtico: un asteroide usado como puerto espacial por una civilización desaparecida hace miles de años. In my opinion, the characterization of main protagonist is perfect for this novel, if the author choose another characterization, the story could become less interesting. and the only real way of earning money is to get in one of the interstellar aircraft and see where it goes, and get rewarded for any data (or artefacts) on the destination and/or the extinct alien race that they can retrieve. Robinette Stetley Broadhead is a young food shale miner who wins a lottery, giving him enough money to purchase a one-way ticket to Gateway.But we’re trying, we're organized, fumbling around for it, and desperadoes like our (male) narrator Robinette Broadhead are at the vanguard of discovery, setting out in the alien pre-programmed spacecraft in a gold rush for more abandoned alien technology. Between bouts of chain smoking, we are treated to Rob’s terrible personal inner thoughts throughout the book.

Just settling down with a 43 year old Hugo ‘n’ Nebula winner, kids all grown up, maturing your annuities, undoing one more notch on your belt, I get the picture. Humans have had limited success understanding the left-behind bits of Heechee technology found there and elsewhere.La idea de esta novela me parece magnífica y logra transmitir una sensación de desolación y confusión como pocas lo hacen. Now it is years later and I am at the age of none of your bidness ;P, having just re-read the book I can tell you why I did not like it then and why I do like it now. Sarcasm drips from each black humoured page and one could imagine that this is a possible future in corporate owned space habitats, planets, and solar systems. in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take! On the surface, it seems to be mostly about prospecting for Alien tech and new discoveries about the missing Heechee, but in reality, it's all about psychology, and more than that, about Freudian therapy.