{"id":2401,"date":"2014-03-13T07:42:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T05:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2014-03-13T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T08:49:36","slug":"heeeecheeee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=2401","title":{"rendered":"HeeeeCheeee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re making<a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/frederik-pohls-dread-coated-gateway-to-get-a-tv-ser-1541426616\"> a TV version of Fred Pohl&#8217;s<em> Gateway<\/em><\/a>, otherwise known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gateway-Heechee-Saga-Frederik-Pohl\/dp\/0345475836\">Heechee Saga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up on this stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I sure hope they don&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/robert-anson-heinlein\/how-did-verhoeven-manage-to-ruin-starship-troopers-so-completely\/10150749110329221\">stuff it up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/up-ship.com\/blog\/\">Scott<\/a>)<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:753,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/io9.com\\\/frederik-pohls-dread-coated-gateway-to-get-a-tv-ser-1541426616&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20140328150830\\\/http:\\\/\\\/io9.com\\\/frederik-pohls-dread-coated-gateway-to-get-a-tv-ser-1541426616&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-30 22:47:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-04 15:22:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 10:27:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 19:15:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 19:15:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:754,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Gateway-Heechee-Saga-Frederik-Pohl\\\/dp\\\/0345475836&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260525044730\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Gateway-Heechee-Saga-Frederik-Pohl\\\/dp\\\/0345475836&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-30 22:48:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-04 15:22:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 10:27:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 19:15:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 19:15:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:755,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/notes\\\/robert-anson-heinlein\\\/how-did-verhoeven-manage-to-ruin-starship-troopers-so-completely\\\/10150749110329221&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20201112024344\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/notes\\\/robert-anson-heinlein\\\/how-did-verhoeven-manage-to-ruin-starship-troopers-so-completely\\\/10150749110329221&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-30 22:48:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-04 15:22:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 10:27:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 19:15:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 19:15:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:756,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/up-ship.com\\\/blog&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/up-ship.com\\\/blog&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re making a TV version of Fred Pohl&#8217;s Gateway, otherwise known as the Heechee Saga. 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