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Heechee Books in Order

Frederik Pohl has written 6 Heechee books, published between 1977 and 1990. The first book is Gateway (1977) and the newest is The Boy Who Would Live Forever (1990). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
1977–1990
Total pages
2,021 across 6 books
Reading time
34–51 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,021 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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The Heechee are the vanished alien civilisation at the centre of Frederik Pohl's Heechee Saga. Humans find Heechee ships and tunnels and fly them without understanding them, which is where Gateway (1977) begins; the novel won both the Hugo and the Nebula. Five books follow it, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (1980), Heechee Rendezvous (1984), The Annals of the Heechee (1987), The Boy Who Would Live Forever (1990) and The Gateway Trip (1990), across interplanetary travel, exploration and space colonies.

How many Heechee books are there?

Heechee has 6 books, released between 1977 and 1990.

Heechee Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Heechee books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Gateway by Frederik Pohl, book 1 of the Heechee Saga (1977)
  2. Cover of Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl, book 2 of the Heechee Saga (1980)
  3. Cover of Heechee Rendezvous by Frederik Pohl, book 3 of the Heechee Saga (1984)
  4. Cover of The Annals of the Heechee by Frederik Pohl, book 4 of the Heechee Saga (1987)
  5. Cover of The Gateway Trip by Frederik Pohl, book 1 of the Heechee series (1990)
  6. Cover of The Boy Who Would Live Forever by Frederik Pohl, book 5 of the Heechee Saga (1990)
  1. 1
    GatewayHeechee Saga #11977 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977288
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  2. 2
    Beyond the Blue Event HorizonHeechee Saga #21980 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980336
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  3. 3
    Heechee RendezvousHeechee Saga #31984 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984331
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  4. 4
    The Annals of the HeecheeHeechee Saga #41987 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987341
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  5. 5
    The Gateway TripHeechee #11990 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990245
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  6. 6
    The Boy Who Would Live ForeverHeechee Saga #51990 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990480
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Do you have to read Heechee books in order?

You should read the Heechee books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Heechee book also stands alone.

Where to start with Heechee

Start with Gateway (1977), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Heechee book?

The Boy Who Would Live Forever (1990) is the newest Heechee book released so far.

Is there a new Heechee book coming?

No next Heechee book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Heechee has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 7 nominations for Heechee. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Heechee at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Heechee title on record dates from 1990, 36 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Heechee books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,021 pages across all 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 334 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Heechee books, 3 of 6, were published in the 1980s.

What the Heechee books are about

5 of the 6 Heechee books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Frederik Pohl

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.