Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

by Frederik Pohl

1980•Science fiction•327 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionadventurerobots/ai/spacefresh & originalimaginarybig & variedall consuming questsolving the riddle/not as it seemsfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, wide-ranging science-fiction novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.6 / 5

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About This Book

Heechee Saga #2 “In book two of the Heechee Saga, Robinette Broadhead is on his way to making a fortune by bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory--a Heechee spaceship that can graze the cometary cloud and transfor the basic elements of the universe into untold quantities of food.

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Characteristics

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SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionAdventureRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questSolving the riddle/not as it seemsFish out of water/culture clash

Subjects

ExplorationOuter spaceAmerican Science fictionHeechee SagaScience fiction

Details

Author
Frederik Pohl
Published
1980
Pages
327
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