Currently Reading:

Gateway by Frederik Pohl (Status: Paused reading on 9/23/19)

Frederik Pohl - Gateway

Front Cover:

This cover represents the gold standard for what science fiction covers should look like.  I love this kind of artwork.  Just noticed it's by Boris.  I should have known.  It doesn't get better than Boris.

Back Cover:

Wealth . . . or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. Their destinations are pre-programmed. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of desperate volunteers. (I got this blurb from FantasticFiction.com)

Review so far:

23-September-2019:
For some reason, after all these years, I thought I had already read this book.  This book came out in 1977.  8-tracks were still being used in cars.  I was ten years old.  Things have advanced a lot since then. I don't seem to remember most of the books I've read, so after reading 20% it came as no surprise I hadn't read it before because it has been very unmemorable.  I usually will remember I've read a book after reading about 20% or so.  This story rang no bells in my imperfect memory.
I have stopped reading this today because I feel like my time is too valuable to be spent reading something I cant get into.  I'll come back to it later.