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6 primary booksHeechee Saga is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1975 with contributions by Frederik Pohl and Mihnea Columbeanu.
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Then: selfish, cash-strapped
now: rich and delusional
trash in both timelines.
A character study of a flawed human. Not quite what I expected, but interesting to read.
This was a reread and let me tell you, I was horrified that they let 12-year old me out of the library with this book! The amount of sex! I remember none of it, so perhaps I was too naive to notice.
What I can't figure out is whether attitudes were that permissive towards sex and homosexuality in the 70s (I am surprisingly too young to remember) or whether Pohl was trying to shock. Either way, I actively hated the protagonist. What an asshat. And the psychobabble at his shrink is complete hogwash.
I always wondered what happened next (South African libraries never seemed to have a full series of anything) so I was planning on reading the series. BUT. I am not sure if I want to sit through more of the protagonist's BS.
Overall rating: 3.25 But only because it's supposed to be a classic.
This is high quality science fiction. Technical jargon is kept to a minimum, and the focus on character development is extreme. Do not skip this book if you're even slightly interested in the sci-fi genre.
