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Surely this can't be right...

...I just looked for the Kindle edition of Frederik Pohl's excellent novel Gateway on Amazon, and I found I could in fact pre-order it...except that allegedly it won't be published until 31st December...are you ready for this...?

...2035!!! :shocked:

Okay, what? Can anyone verify this? Why are they, whoever 'they' are exactly, making us wait 15 years for a book written in 1977?!

Re: Surely this can't be right...

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Originally Posted by Anonymouse (Post 36039200)

:D: Just checked and Amazon is showing

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Publisher: Gateway (31 Dec. 2035)

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This title will be auto-delivered to your Kindle and you will be charged on 31 December 2035.

:erm: that's the longest pre-order period I've ever come across. I could probably book a space flight before then. Mind you the Kindle edition you want would cost a lot less than pre-booking a flight ticket $35000+. :shocked:

Frederik Pohl died in 2013 and as Gateway was originally published in book form in 1977 I would guess the long wait is due to some form of problem/permission converting it into an e-book. You may have more success tracking down a hard copy through second hand book dealers.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218427.Gateway

Re: Surely this can't be right...

It'll be so that people can pre-order it and give them plenty of time to sort out all the rights and have the book converted to e-book or audiobook. If they put it about a year then the book may release even without it being finished.

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Originally Posted by cimt (Post 36039244)

Quite true but 15 years seems a tad extreme. :D

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It means they dont have a proper date, so they just set a placeholder date.