Gateway
Frederik Pohl
7 people recommended it in 7 threads, 2011–2025.
What people on Hacker News said
Humans discover a hollowed out asteroid worth ftl ships preprogrammed with unknown destinations. Prospectors pack as much food as they can and hit 'launch' in the hopes that they'll discover something valuable and not land on a star or starve to death.
Gateway by Frederik Pohl - Sci-fi from the 70s. Quite good. A comet is discovered, full of million-year old ships pre-programmed for roundtrip flights to unknown destinations.
Other goodies include Dune (of course), Gateway, and The Forever War.
Pohl's "Gateway" and Gibson/Sterling's "The Difference Engine" would have been nice additions, too.
Gateway by Frederik Pohl is another underrated one from the 70s although the sequels are disappointing.
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