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Bowl of Heaven (Paperback)
Gregory Benford, Larry Niven
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When the Sunseeker laves Earth, bound for the planet called
"Glory", its crew knows they will never see home again. None of
them can ever have imagined, however, what they will find along the
way. A gargantuan object, with its own star nettled inside. The
bowl shaped structure is following the same path as the Sunseeker
and it has a habitable are the size of millions of Earths, A
landing party is sent to the surface, where they encounter some of
the structures inhabitants - wildly differing species, and not all
of them friendly.
The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a
thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal
waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans;
oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and
the end of civilization. But for the terrified men and women chance
had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival--a
struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever
known....@lt;br@gt;"Massively entertaining."@lt;br@gt;CLEVELAND
PLAIN-DEALER
Pierson's puppeteers, strange, three-legged, two-headed aliens,
have discovered an immense structure in a hitherto unexplored part
of the universe. Frightened of meeting the builders of such a
structure, the puppeteers set about assembling a team consisting of
two humans, a puppeteer and a kzin, an alien not unlike an
eight-foot-tall, red-furred cat, to explore it. The artefact is a
vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with
a sun at its centre - the Ringworld. But the expedition goes
disastrously wrong when the ship crashlands and its motley crew
faces a trek across thousands of miles of the Ringworld's surface.
Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ringworld, Debt of Honor, and The Integral Trees. Together they have written the critically acclaimed bestsellers Inferno, Footfall, and The Legacy of Heorot, among others. The Mote In God's Eye is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre.
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Ringworld (Paperback)
Larry Niven
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A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. There is gravity, and with high walls and its proximity to the sun, a livable new planet that is three million times the area of the Earth can be formed. We can start again!
"This rousing sequel to the classic Ringworld continues the adventures of Louis Wu and Speaker-to-Animals on that fantastic planet."--School Library Journal An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Larry Niven is the "New York Times" bestselling author of such
classic science fiction novels as Ringworld and Destiny's Road. One
of his previous collections, "N-Space," was lauded by the "Houston
Post" as "Outstanding . . . hours of entertainment," while
"Publishers Weekly" called it "A must for science fiction fans." A
follow-up volume, "Playgrounds of the Mind," was praised by "Kirkus
Reviews" as "Grand Entertainment." Niven returns with the sequel to
his most recent collection, "Scatterbrain," which gathers an
equally engaging assortment of Niven's latest work, all in one
captivating volume. Here are choice excerpts from his most recent
novels, including "Ringworld's Child," as well as short stories,
non-fiction, interviews, editorials, collaborations, and
correspondence. "Stars and Gods "roams all over a wide variety of
fascinating topics, from space stations to conventional
etiquette.
Give yourself a treat, and feel free to pick the brain of one of
modern science fiction's most fascinating thinkers.
Ringworld: the most stunning artifact in known space, an
articficial world with three million times Earth's surface area.
Who built it? And where are they? In this stunning sequel to Larry
Niven's Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel, Louis Wu (now a
near-hopeless lirehead hooked on electrical ecstasy), the aged Kzin
warrior, Speaker-to-Animals, and the Hindmost, puppeteer mate of
mad Nessus, return to Ringworld. Their aim is to prevent cataclysm.
IN the process, they find themselves learning Ringworld's
incredible secrets...
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Beowulf's Children (Paperback)
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes
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R519
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"Once upon a long, long time ago, our parents and grandparents left
a place called Earth. They traveled across the stars in a ship
called Geographic to find paradise." Camelot is an island paradise
for some perhaps, but not for us. There dwell monsters. These huge
hulking inhabitants, called Grendels, bring only death and
destruction to humankind. That we survived those first battles at
all is a miracle. That we came to prosper is, for those who endured
those awful times, beyond comprehension. Amazingly enough, Camelot,
for most, will come to be the paradise we dreamed of. But a new
generation is growing up, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars.
Setting out for the mainland, these rebellious men and women are
bent on exploration, ready to fight any Grendels that get in their
way, indifferent to their parents' past. On the mainland called
Avalon, however, there are monsters that dwarf the ones their
parents fought, and as the young people will learn, monsters also
dwell in the human heart. For Avalon does not give up her secrets
easily, and some of those mysteries are wicked as sin, blacker than
the grave.
This funny and insightful science fiction classic introduces
Shoogar, the greatest wizard ever known in his village. His spells
can strike terror in the hearts of even his most powerful enemies.
But the enemy he faces now is like none he has ever seen before.
The stranger has come from nowhere and is ignorant of even the most
basic principles of magic. But the stranger has an incredibly
powerful magic of his own. There is no room in Shoogar's world for
an intruder whose powers match his own, let alone one whose powers
might exceed his. So before the blue sun can cross the face of the
red sun once more, Shoogar will show this stranger just who is
boss.
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Inferno (Paperback, First)
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
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After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science
fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates
of hell. Feeling he's landed in a great opportunity for a book, he
attempts to follow Dante's road map. Determined to meet Satan
himself, Carpentier treks through the Nine Layers of Hell led by
Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical
tortures. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new,
puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin--recast for the present
day.
This omnibus edition brings back into print three classic volumes
of stories by Larry Niven and other acclaimed authors, all working
within Niven's acclaimed "Magic" universe: THE MAGIC GOES AWAY; THE
MAGIC MAY RETURN; and MORE MAGIC. This fantasy realm is the basis
for Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's THE BURNING CITY, as well as
the forthcoming BURNING TOWER. THE MAGIC GOES AWAY contains twelve
stories by Niven; THE MAGIC MAY RETURN contains one story by Niven
and contributions by Fred Saberhagen, Dean Ing, Steven Barnes,
Mildred Downey Broxon, and Poul Anderson; and MORE MAGIC contains
two Niven stories and additional contributions by Bob Shaw, Dian
Girard, and legendary author Roger Zelazny.
Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written!
The human, Louis Wu; the puppeteer known as the Hindmost; Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee . . . legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld. Something is going on with the Protectors. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are massing. And the Ghouls have their own agenda--if anyone dares approach them to learn.
Each race on the Ringworld has always had its own Protector. Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a Protector. But who will sit on the Ringworld Throne?
"Niven's work has been an intriguing and consistent universe, and this book is the keystone of the arch. . . . [His] technique is wonderfully polished, his characters and their situations are nicely drawn . . . wraps up (maybe) a corner of a very interesting universe." --San Diego Union-Tribune
The Ringworld is dying. And this time even Louis Wu - captive of
the hyper-intelligent alien Tunesmith - may be unable to save it.
Even if Louis can escape he will then have to survive in a galaxy
ravaged by interstellar war and deadly political intrigue. For the
Ringworld is no longer a secret and entire civilisations now battle
to control its power. The victorious race that conquers the
Ringworld will conquer the galaxy ... and no one will be able to
stop them. But Louis Wu is going to try.
A modern science fiction classic, Larry Niven's "Ringworld" won the
Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel in 1970. Now this SF classic
is adapted into a thrilling manga adventure
In "Ringworld," two-hundred-year-old human Louis Wu is recruited
by a two-headed alien named Nessus to join him, a catlike warrior
alien named Speaker, and the infinitely lucky human Teela Brown to
explore an alien artifact.
They find a Ringworld, a ribbon millions of miles long built
around a distant sun. The civilization has fallen into savagery,
though, and after crashing into the Ringworld, Louis must come up
with a clever plan to get back to known space, hundreds of light
years away.
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