Editing Heechee Saga (section)

== Reception ==
''[[Gateway (novel)|Gateway]]'', the first novel and second publication in the series, won four major awards as the year's best English-language [[speculative fiction]] or science fiction novel:<ref name="isfdb-gateway" />{{efn|ISFDB lists the annual [[John W. Campbell Memorial Award]], Hugo Award, and  Nebula Award—sometimes called the "triple crown", selected by a respected panel, by world fans, and by American writers respectively. It also lists the annual Locus Award for Best Novel, 8th place in the 1987 all-time poll of Locus readers (All-Time Best SF Novel), and 11th place in the comparable 1998 poll (All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990).}} the 1978 [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Novel|Best Novel]],<ref name="WWE-1978">{{cite web|title=1978 Award Winners & Nominees|url=http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1978|work=Worlds Without End}}</ref> the 1978 [[Locus Award]] for [[Locus Award for Best Novel|Best Novel]],<ref name="WWE-1978" /> the 1977 [[Nebula Award]] for [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Best Novel]],<ref>{{cite web|title=1977 Award Winners & Nominees|url=http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1977|work=Worlds Without End}}</ref> and the 1978 [[John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]].<ref name="WWE-1978" /> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' stated that "Since it began with the novel Gateway (1977), Pohl's Heechee series has been among the most consistently daring of SF's continuing enterprises".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Boy Who Would Live Forever|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765310491|magazine=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>