STARGATE

by Stephen Robinett ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 22, 1976

Once in a while you still see a sf yarn without delusions of immortality, and my, how nice it can be. Robinett does not go in for ponderous sociopolitical extrapolations, stylistic one-up-manship, surreal cut-and-paste effects, or other Science Fiction Is Significant posturings. He just tells an agreeably suspenseful story set in a blandly realized 21st century, with a hopeful young engineer and an adroit 75-year-old derring-do type trying to protect Merryweather Enterprises' huge new matter transmitter (""The Big Gate"") against the sinister designs of Spieler Interstellar. Mild, middle-of-the-road sf, carried off with irresistible good cheer and confidence.

Pub Date: July 22, 1976

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: St. Martin's

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1976

Categories: FICTION