Heechee

The Heechee are a fictional alien race from the science fiction works of Frederik Pohl. The Heechee are portrayed as an exceedingly advanced star-travelling race that explored Earth's solar system millennia ago and then disappeared without a trace before humankind began space exploration. The Heechee first appeared in "The Merchants of Venus" (1972), a novella in the collection The Gold at the Starbow's End, sometimes called "The Merchants of Ven... More
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Frederik Pohl

Frederik George Pohl, Jr. (born November 26, 1919) is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" (1937), to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led (2011). He won the National Book...

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