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title: The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century
sort: Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, The
timestamp: 2011-08-12 19:15:34+00:00
pubdate: 2001-10-01 04:00:00+00:00
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Turtledove, Harry & Greenberg, Martin H. & Niven, Larry & Bear, Greg & Moore, Ward & Robinson, Kim Stanley & Sterling, Bruce & Schwartz, Susan


timestamp: 2011-07-22 23:49:49+00:00
pubdate: 2005-01-02 00:00:00+00:00
author_sort: Turtledove, Harry & Greenberg, Martin H.
path: Harry Turtledove/The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th (7811)
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The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century: Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin,

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Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century: Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin,, The


title: Man-Kzin Wars XIII
sort: Man-Kzin Wars XIII
timestamp: 2013-04-28 14:02:12+00:00
pubdate: 2012-04-03 04:00:00+00:00
path: Alex Hernandez/Man-Kzin Wars XIII (7968)
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Hernandez, Alex & Bartell, David & Gannon, Charles E. & Lindskold, Jane & Colebatch, Hal & Niven, Larry


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<div><h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p><em>What if</em>? Harry Turtledove, renowned alt-historian and the editor of this anthology, calls that question "those two mournful little words." But little though they might be, they inspired some of the previous century's most brilliant speculative fiction, including the 14 short stories collected here.</p><p>And with contributors like Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, Kim Stanley Robinson, Bruce Sterling, and Turtledove himself, there's truly not a clunker in the bunch. All of these stories revolve around Turtledove's central beard-tugging question, but they vary wildly in style, mood, and approach. Many toy with how the future might be altered had some particular event turned out differently (what if the Confederates had won at Gettysburg, or the <em>Enola Gay</em> had crashed before making its fateful flight?), while others follow dimension-hoppers traveling through tangled branches of our timeline (as in Sterling's "Mozart in Mirrorshades," Anderson's "Eutopia," and Jack L. Chalker's surreal ferry ride through "Dance Band on the <em>Titanic</em>").</p><p>All but four of these stories were written in the last two decades of the century--before then, Turtledove suggests in part, we weren't scientifically certain about whether Martians and "oceans on Venus full of reptilian monsters" might exist, so we were satisfied by more conventional, planet-faring SF. But the ideas that the contributors wrestle with here, and that irresistible human urge to speculate about the implications of our actions (and whether our decisions matter at all), prove timeless. <em>--Paul Hughes</em></p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>A ghostly ferry makes passages between coexisting "different Earths"; a 20th-century man describes his impact on the Civil War, brought about by time-machine tricks; and Mozart, Thomas Jefferson and Marie Antoinette end up as employees at an oil refinery in The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, edited by Harry Turtledove with Martin H. Greenberg. Contributors include Poul Anderson, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ward Moore and Susan Shwartz.</p><p>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><em></em>LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PAST<br><em></em><br>H. G. Wells’s seminal short story “The Time Machine,” published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction’s time travel explosion. Responding to their own fascination with the subject, the greatest visionary writers of the twentieth century penned some of their finest stories. Here are eighteen of the most exciting tales ever told, including<br>_<br>_<strong>“Time’s Arrow”</strong> In Arthur C. Clarke’s classic, two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travel–with appalling consequences.  </p><p><strong>“Death Ship”</strong> Richard Matheson, author of <em>Somewhere in Time</em>, unveils a chilling scenario concerning three astronauts who stumble upon the conundrum of past and future.  </p><p><strong>“A Sound of Thunder”</strong> Ray Bradbury’s haunting vision of modern man gone dinosaur hunting poses daunting questions about destiny and consequences.  </p><p><strong>“Yesterday was Monday”</strong> If all the world’s a stage, Theodore Sturgeon’s compelling tale follows the odyssey of an ordinary joe who winds up _backstage.  </p><p>_<strong>“Rainbird” </strong>R.A. Lafferty reflects on what might have been in this brainteaser about an inventor so brilliant that he invents himself right out of existence.  </p><p><strong>“Timetipping” </strong>What if everyone time-traveled except you? Jack Dann provides some surprising answers in this literary gem.  </p><p><em></em>. . . as well as stories by Poul Anderson • L. Sprague de Camp • Jack Finney • Joe Haldeman • John Kessel • Nancy Kress • Henry Kuttner • Ursula K. Le Guin • Larry Niven • Charles Sheffield • Robert Silverberg • Connie Willis<br><em></em><br>By turns frightening, puzzling, and fantastic, these stories engage us in situations that may one day break free of the bonds of fantasy . . . to enter the realm of the future: <em>our</em> future. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Harry Turtledove</strong> was born in Los Angeles in 1949. He has taught ancient and medieval history at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State L.A., and has published a translation of a ninth-century Byzantine chronicle, as well as several scholarly articles. He is also an award-winning full-time writer of science fiction and fantasy. His alternate history works have included several short stories and novels, including <em>The Guns of the South</em>; <em>How Few Remain</em> (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Great War epics: <em>American Front</em>, <em>Walk in Hell</em>, and <em>Breakthroughs</em>; the Colonization books: <em>Second Contact</em>, <em>Down to Earth</em>, and <em>Aftershocks</em>; American Empire_ _novels: <em>Blood and Iron</em>, <em>The Center Cannot Hold</em>, and <em>Victorious Opposition</em>; and <em>Ruled Britannia</em>. He is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters: Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca. </p></div>


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<div><h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">Mosaic </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Berserker</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> novel with several guest authors contributing original stories; Saberhagen wrote the overarching story in segments between them, using the Niven story as the novel's fulcrum point:</span></h3><p>The bestselling author of such classic novels as <em>Brain Wave</em> and <em>The Boat of a Million Years</em>, <strong>Poul Anderson</strong> won just about every award the science fiction and fantasy field has to offer. He has won multiple Hugos and Nebulas, the John W. Campbell Award, The Locus Poll Award, the Skylark Award, and the SFWA Grandmaster Award for Lifetime Achievement. His recent books include <em>Harvest of Stars, The Stars are also On Fire, Operation Chaos, Operation Luna, Genesis, Mother of Kings,</em> and<em> Going for Infinity</em>, a collection and retrospective of his life's work. Poul Anderson lived in Orinda, California where he passed away in 2001.<br></p><p><strong>Larry Niven </strong>is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His<em> Beowulf's Children</em>, co-authored with Jeery Pournelle and Steven Barnes was a<em> New York Times</em> bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.<br></p></div>


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<div><p>For five centuries they had survived, descendants of the mutinous crew of the starship Discipline. The Smoke Ring is all they know: an immense gaseous envelope formed around a neutron star and inhabited by free-fall life forms. Slowly, they begin the long climb from barbarism.</p><h3>Review</h3><p>''Niven's masterly use of sf strategies once more hits every note, springing surprises and plot turns with dizzying pace.'' --<em>Los Angeles Times</em><br></p><p>''Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get . . . This is certainly classic science fiction--the idea is truly the hero.'' --<em>Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine</em><br></p><p>''A complex plot, involving spacecraft sent out from Earth to prepare star systems for colonization; makes the story extremely interesting.'' --<em>AudioFile</em><br></p><p>''Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get . . . This is certainly classic science fiction--the idea is truly the hero.'' --<em>Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine</em><br></p><p>''A complex plot, involving spacecraft sent out from Earth to prepare star systems for colonization; makes the story extremely interesting.'' --<em>AudioFile</em><br></p><p>''Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get . . . This is certainly classic science fiction--the idea is truly the hero.'' --<em>Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine</em><br></p><p>''A complex plot, involving spacecraft sent out from Earth to prepare star systems for colonization; makes the story extremely interesting.'' --<em>AudioFile</em></p><h3>From the Inside Flap</h3><p>?Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get. . . . This is certainly classic science fiction?the idea is truly the hero.? ?<em>Asimov?s Science Fiction Magazine</em>*<br></p><p><em><em>When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship </em>Discipline<em> was prepared for a routine assignment. Dispatched by the all-powerful State on a mission of interstellar exploration and colonization, </em>Discipline<em> was aided (and secretly spied upon) by Sharls Davis Kendy, an emotionless computer intelligence programmed to monitor the loyalty and obedience of the crew. But what they weren?t prepared for was the smoke ring?an immense gaseous envelope that had formed around a neutron star directly in their path. The Smoke Ring was home to a variety of plant and animal life-forms evolved to thrive in conditions of continual free-fall. When </em>Discipline* encountered it, something went wrong. The crew abandoned ship and fled to the unlikely space oasis.<br></em></p><p><em>Five hundred years later, the descendants of the <em>Discipline</em> crew living on the Smoke Ring no longer remember their origins. Earth is more myth than memory, and no recollection of the State remains. But Kendy remembers. And just outside the Smoke Ring, <em>Discipline</em> waits patiently to make contact with its wayward children. <br></em></p><ul><li><em>*</em></li></ul></div>


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After losing three significant battles to the humans, the Kzin begin to wonder if their combative diplomatic style is working and decide to reevaluate their strategy, in a volume featuring contributions by Larry, Niven, S. M. Stirling, Thomas T. Thomas, and Jerry Pournelle. Reissue.
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After losing three significant battles to the humans, the Kzin begin to wonder if their combative diplomatic style is working and decide to reevaluate their strategy, in a volume featuring contributions by Larry, Niven, S. M. Stirling, Thomas T. Thomas, and Jerry Pournelle. Reissue.


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<p class="description">Two complete novels of the top-selling Man-Kzin Wars in one hugh volume: The Children's Hour by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling: As the war rages on between the mighty felinoid warriors from the planet Kzin and the wimpy leaf-eating monkey-boys from Earth, one Kzin commander has decided to learn from the monkeys and cooperate to conquer. But the humans know how to get the rivals of an enemy to cooperate, too. Cathouse by Dean Ing: In another corner of the galaxy, Carroll Locklear is stranded on a planet with a group of prehistoric Kzinti. To survive, he must find common cause, if not with the males, then with the females of that antiques species...<br>EDITORIAL REVIEW:</p>
<p class="description">Two complete novels of the top-selling Man-Kzin Wars in one hugh volume: The Children's Hour by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling: As the war rages on between the mighty felinoid warriors from the planet Kzin and the wimpy leaf-eating monkey-boys from Earth, one Kzin commander has decided to learn from the monkeys and cooperate to conquer. But the humans know how to get the rivals of an enemy to cooperate, too. Cathouse by Dean Ing: In another corner of the galaxy, Carroll Locklear is stranded on a planet with a group of prehistoric Kzinti. To survive, he must find common cause, if not with the males, then with the females of that antiques species...</p></div>


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<p class="description">The alien Kzinti had almost conquered the humans, but after the initial surprise, the humans fought back with a ferocity the Kzinti had never faced. But that was centuries ago, and the humiliation of lost battles has not faded. The Kzinti are back . . . and spoiling for a fight! Includes stories by Larry Niven, Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle and S.M.<br>EDITORIAL REVIEW:</p>
<p class="description">The alien Kzinti had almost conquered the humans, but after the initial surprise, the humans fought back with a ferocity the Kzinti had never faced. But that was centuries ago, and the humiliation of lost battles has not faded. The Kzinti are back . . . and spoiling for a fight! Includes stories by Larry Niven, Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle and S.M.</p></div>


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<h3>Product Description</h3><p>Reeling under a new ice age, the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement controls the US government. Abandoned by Earth, the space colonies replenish their air by scoop-ships diving into the atmosphere - but Alex and Gordon's ship was hit by a missile, and they are now wanted dead or alive. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Larry Niven</strong> (left) is the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of such classics as <em>Ringworld, The Integral Trees</em>, and <em>Destiny's Road</em>. He has also collaborated with both Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes on <em>The Legacy of Heorot, Beowulf's Children</em>, and the bestselling <em>Dream Park</em> series. He lives in Chatsworth, California.</p><p>Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award.  </p><p><strong>Jerry Pournelle</strong> (right), a past winner of the John W. Campbell Award, has collaborated with Niven on numerous bestsellers. He has also written such successful solo novels as <em>Janissaries</em> and <em>Starswarm</em>. He lives in Studio City, California.</p><p>Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award. </p>


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<h3>Review</h3><p>"A splendid adventure, full of colorful characters and cultures, frustrated romance, and just a hint of cautionary satire. . . ."-- <em>Locus</em></p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Return to the "vivid and unusual" (_Kirkus Reviews_) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's <em>The Burning City</em>, where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their history.</p><p>Unfortunately, a fiery fate isn't the only danger the town is facing. From out of the desert come monsters -- great birds with blades instead of wings, driven by some unknown force. Although they can be killed, the threat these terror birds pose is worse than death. Danger on the roads means no trade. No trade means that Tep's Town will be no more.</p><p>Sent by the Lords of Lordshills to discover the source of the terror birds, Lord Sandry and his beloved, Burning Tower, must travel into a world where magic is still strong -- and wheresomeone or <em>something</em> waits to destroy them!</p><p>Filled with the sweeping adventure, memorable characters, and imaginative world-building that have defined the novels of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Burning Tower is another triumph. </p>


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<p class="description"><br>Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined. Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends to harrow hell and free the damned. But now that he's returned to this Dantesque Inferno, can he ever again leave?</p>


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<div><p>"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE.<br></p><p>I LOVED IT!"<br>--Tom Clancy<br></p><p>They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.<br></p><p>The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteriods. <br></p><p>Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender--or death for all humans.<br></p><p>"ROUSING . . . THE BEST OF THE GENRE."<br>--The New York Times Book Review</p><h3>From the Inside Flap</h3><p>"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE.<br></p><p>I LOVED IT!"<br>--Tom Clancy<br></p><p>They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.<br></p><p>The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteriods. <br></p><p>Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender--or death for all humans.<br></p><p>"ROUSING . . . THE BEST OF THE GENRE."<br>--The New York Times Book Review </p></div>


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<p class="description">Robert Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." *The San Francisco Chronicle* declared that "as science fiction, *The Mote in God's Eye* is one of the most important novels ever published."  Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award winning authors of such bestsellers as *Footfall *and *The Legacy of Heorot,* return us to the Mote, and to the universe of Kevin Renner and Horace Bury, of Rod Blaine and Sally Fowler.      There, 25 years have passed since humanity quarantined the mysterious aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system. They have spent a quarter century analyzing and agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens mankind has ever encountered-- a race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function. Master, Mediator, Engineer. Warrior. Each supremely adapted to its task, yet doomed by millions of years of evolution to an inescapable fate. For the Moties must breed-- or die.      And now the fragile wall separating them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble.</p></div>


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<div><p>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.  </p><h3>Review</h3><p>"<em>Inferno</em> is quite literally a cake walk through hell, with a science fiction writer as Dante and Benito Mussolini as Virgil.  I kid you not, Pournelle and Niven have had the chutzpah to re-write Dante's <em>Inferno</em> as if they were some unholy hybrid of Roger Zelazny, Robert Heinlein, and Phil Jose Farmer.  You are right there in the nether-reaches of the ultimate Sam Peckinpah movie with all the matter-of-fact solidity of a Hal Clement novel.  It gets to you, it really does.  This being lunacy of a transcendent order."--Norman Spinrad</p><p>"A dazzling tour de force."--Poul Anderson on <em>Inferno</em></p><p>"A fast, amusing and vivid book, by a writing team noted for intelligence and imagination."--Roger Zelazny on <em>Inferno</em></p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Larry Niven</strong> is the award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces, and fantasy novels including the Magic Goes Away series. He has received the Nebula Award, five Hugos, four Locus Awards, two Ditmars, the Prometheus, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award, among other honors. He lives in Chatsworth, California.</p><p><strong>Jerry Pournelle</strong> is an essayist, journalist, and science fiction author. He has advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science. He lives in Studio City, California.</p></div>


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<div><h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p>In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, not until a light sail probe enters a human system carrying a dead alien. The probe is traced to the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud, and an expedition is dispatched.</p><p>In the Mote the humans find an ancient civilization--at least one million years old--that has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The Moties are welcoming and kind, yet rather evasive about certain aspects of their society. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years.</p><p>This is the first collaboration between Niven and Pournelle, two masters of hard science fiction, and it combines Pournelle's interest in the military and sociology with Niven's talent for creating interesting, believable aliens. The novel meticulously examines every aspect of First Contact, from the Moties' biology, society, and art, to the effects of the meeting on humanity's economics, politics, and religions. And all the while suspense builds as we watch the humans struggle toward the truth. <em>--Brooks Peck</em></p><h3>Review</h3><p>Robert Heinlein Possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read.<br></p><p><em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> As science fiction, one of the most important novels ever published.<br></p><p><em>Columbus Dispatch</em> A superlatively fine novel...no writer has ever come up with a more appealing, intriguing, and workable concept of aliens.<br></p><p>Frank Herbert A spellbinder, a swashbuckler...And, best of all, it has a brilliant new approach to that fascinating problem -- first contact with aliens.<br></p><p>Theodore Sturgeon One of the most engrossing tales I've read in years...fascinating.<br></p><p><em>Minneapolis Tribune</em> Intriguing and suspenseful...the scenes in which the humans and aliens examine one another are unforgettable. </p></div>


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<div><p>In the near future, Los Angeles is an all but uninhabitable war zone, racked by crime, violence, pollution and poverty. But above the blighted city, a Utopia has arisen: Todos Santos, a thousand-foot high single-structured city, designed to used state-of-the-art technology to create a completely human-friendly environment, offering its dwellers everything they could want in exchange for their oath of allegiance and their constant surveillance . But there are those who want to see the utopia destroyed, whose answer to tomorrow’s best and brightest hope is mindless violence. And they have just entered Todos Santos. . . .</p><h3>About the Author</h3><hr><p><strong>Larry Niven</strong>, a multiple award-winning author, is renowned for writing science fiction which is solidly based on authentic science. His Known Space series is possibly the most popular SF series of all time, and includes the novel <em>Ringworld</em>, which is one of the few novels to have won both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards, and is recognized as a milestone in modern science fiction. He and his wife live in Chatsworth, California. </p><p><strong>Jerry Pournelle</strong> is a reigning master of military science fiction, widely known for his novels of John Christian Falkenberg and his legion of interstellar mercenaries. His other novels include <em>Janissaries</em>, <em>Exiles to Glory</em>, <em>High Justice</em>, <em>King David’s Spaceship</em> and <em>Starswarm</em>. With Larry Niven, he has collaborated on a string of <em>New York Times</em> best-selling novels, including <em>Lucifer’s Hammer</em>, <em>The Mote in God’s Eye</em>, <em>Footfall</em>, and many more. He and his wife live in Los Angeles.<br></p><p><strong>Jerry Pournelle</strong> (right), a past winner of the John W. Campbell Award, has collaborated with Niven on numerous bestsellers. He has also written such successful solo novels as <em>Janissaries</em> and <em>Starswarm</em>. He lives in Studio City, California.</p><p>Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award. </p></div>


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Three short novels by Donald Kingsbury, Mark O. Martin, and Gregory Benford chronicle the continuing battle for supremacy between the humans of Earth and the lethal felines of Kzin. Original.
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Three short novels by Donald Kingsbury, Mark O. Martin, and Gregory Benford chronicle the continuing battle for supremacy between the humans of Earth and the lethal felines of Kzin. Original.
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<div><p>The future is a strange and dangerous place. Chaz Kato can testify to that. He is a citizen of Xanudu, a city-sized artificial island populated by some of the wealthiest men and women on future Earth. A place filled with hidden wonders and dark secrets of technology gone awry. Lenore Myles is a student when she travels to Xanadu and becomes involved with Chaz Kato. She is shocked when she uses Kato's access codes to uncover the grizzly truth behind Xandu's glittering facade.<br></p><p>Not knowing who to trust, Lenore finds herself on the run. Saturn, a mysterious entity, moves aggressively to break the security breach. With interests of the world's wealthiest people at stake, and powerful technology at it's fingertips, Saturn, puts Lenore racing for her life, against a truly formidable foe.<br></p><h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p>Girl meets boy. Girl falls in love with boy. Boy turns out to be an old man impersonating his own grandson. Girl discovers diabolical plot to sterilize the Third World. Boy erases girl's memory. Intrigue upon intrigue unfolds, involving an army of ninjas, talking sharks with arms, the peculiarities of telegraphy, and a virtual Rex Stout detective who lives in an old Macintosh.</p><p>And that's just the setup for this well-developed, whip-smart mystery-thriller-love story from duo Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. But it's hard to imagine going wrong when you team up Niven's technology-loving optimism and legendary chops with Barnes's eclectic résumé (the guy's been everything from a karate columnist for <em>Black Belt</em> magazine to a scriptwriter for <em>The Twilight Zone</em>). Probably their best collaboration yet, <em>Saturn's Race</em> matches the pacing and unpredictability of Ken MacLeod's <em>The Stone Canal</em> while evoking the anything's-possible, shiny sleaziness of a <em>Snow Crash</em> near future.</p><p>Our protagonist--the boy-cum-grandfather--works on Xanadu, an OTEC-powered island-city floating just off Sri Lanka, part of a supranational corporate superelite. He's teamed up in a love triangle balanced by the girl who's mind he wiped and his ex-wife, a feisty security officer straight out of Stone Age Java. The population-control plot succeeds ("We can fight their grandchildren for air and water in thirty years, or we can reduce their numbers now"), but who knows what the puppet master behind Xanadu's all-powerful Council is really up to? <em>--Paul Hughes</em></p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The bestselling team of Niven and Barnes (The Legacy of Heorot; Lucifer's Hammer) have produced another compulsively readable, immensely enjoyable near-future yarn. The year is 2020 and the world is run by corporate conglomerates. Beautiful, brilliant Lenore Myles has just completed her master's degree and is poised for an exciting career in biological research. She is celebrating her graduation on the wondrous floating island Xanadu. Wealthy, attractive Chaz Kato, whose foundation was instrumental in paying for Lenore's expensive education, offers her the chance to do cutting-edge research on the island and be his lover. To entice Lenore to break her current contract, Chaz gives her his security clearance, allowing her carte blanche to the island's many technological secrets. During her exploration, Lenore stumbles upon a plot to sterilize the lower classes. Horrified, unsure of who is in on the conspiracy, she flees the island without telling Chaz of her findings. Saturn, an immeasurably powerful virtual creation run by persons unknown, plants false information about Lenore's whereabouts. This data is dutifully reported to Chaz by his ex-wife, Clarice MaibangDformerly an artist from a primitive culture, now a highly placed member of the island's security team. To save Lenore from the murderous Saturn, Chaz must plug into a program designed to create "squaliens"Dsea creatures who have been augmented for greater intelligenceDand, eventually, risk everything to uncover Saturn's identity and the secret that Lenore has now forgotten. Brilliantly weaving high-tech internets, augmentation technologies and social issues into a fast-paced cloak-and-dagger action adventure, this novel effortlessly moves from the depths of the ocean to the heights of VR to create a dazzling, seamless whole. (July) <br>Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div>


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The first interstellar starship, *John Glenn,* fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology and rife with political dangers. The *John Glenn’*s crew intended to terraform the nearly pristine planet Ymir, in hopes of creating a utopian society that will limit intelligent technology. 

But by some miscalculation they have landed in another solar system, and extremely low on the antimatter needed to continue to Ymir, they must shape the nearby planet Harlequin’s moon, Selene, into a new, temporary home. Their only hope of ever reaching Ymir is to rebuild their store of antimatter through decades of terraforming the moon. 

Gabriel, the head terraformer, must lead this nearly impossible task, with all the wrong materials. His primary tools are the uneducated and nearly illiterate children of the original colonists, born and bred to build Harlequin’s moon into a virtual antimatter factory. With no concept of the future and with life defined as duty, one girl, Rachel Vanowen, begins to ask herself the question: what will become of the children of Selene once the terraforming is complete.

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Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have created a unique and believable world set in the universe of Niven's The Magic Goes Away. The story begins nearly 14,000 years ago in Tep's Town, located on the future site of Los Angeles. Tep's Town is a city held captive by the slumbering god of fire, Yagen-Atep. Awakening only occasionally, he commands selected men to begin Burnings by giving them the ability to start fires coupled with consuming anger. Whandall Placehold grows up in the stagnant, three-class society of Tep's town, part of a gang of thieves. No one gets in or out, since the town is hemmed in by a malevolent forest. But when Whandall is chosen by Yagen-Atep to start the Burnings, he resists the compulsion and, aided by Atlantean wizard Morth, escapes through the forest with a group of children he saves from certain death. As the years pass, Whandall builds an empire, buys wagons and bison, and builds a trade route all along the California coast--except for Tep's Town. Life is good for Whandall and his bride, Willow, until they get a message from a desperate Morth: he convinces Whandall to return to Tep's Town and help eradicate, once and for all, an ancient magical being from Atlantis who has been trying to kill Morth for many years. The Burning City is a lively book that deftly integrates social concerns of today with the magic and mythology of yesterday. Cameo appearances by the Native American god Coyote and the Norse god Loki add to the mischievous nature of the book. With a well-thought-out system of magic, characters with depth, unicorns, and swashbuckling adventure, this book is sure to please hardcore fantasy readers and fans of Niven and Pournelle. --Robert Gately


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<div><p>Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories--including a brand-new one--in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS--an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer's adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all!</p><h3>From the Inside Flap</h3><p>Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories--including a brand-new one--in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS--an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer's adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all! </p></div>


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Wide and smooth, the Road was seared into planet Destiny's rocky surface by the fusion drive of the powered landing craft, Cavorite. The Cavorite deserted the original interstellar colonists, stranding them without hope of contacting Earth.Now, descendants of those pioneers have many questions about the Road, but no settler who has gone down it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, a young farm boy, the questions burn too hot--and he sets out to uncover the many mysteries of Destiny's Road. A Nebula Award winner and five-time recipient of the Hugo Award, Larry Niven is the author of such SF classics as Ringworld, The Integral Trees, and Dream Park. He lives in Tarzana, California. The year: 2730 A.D.The planet: Destiny.Wide and smooth, the Road was seared into Destiny's rocky surface by the fusion drive of the powered landing craft, Cavorite. The Cavorite deserted the original interstellar colonists, stranding them without hope of contacting Earth.Now, descendants of those pioneers have many questions about the Road, but no settler who has gone down it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, a young farm boy, the questions burn too hot—and so he sets out to uncover the Road's many mysteries. "A writer of supreme talent."—Tom Clancy"Niven's sure hand with details opens the story up in unexpected directions . . . I hope the inevitable sequel maintains this admirable balance."—The New York Times"The paradigm SF personality of the last several decades."—Gregory Benford


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<p>Here is an extraordinary mix of fantasy and science fiction from one of the masters of science fiction, Larry Niven. <strong><em> The stories in this collection include some collaborations with authors such as Jerry Pournelle (Spirals) and Steven Barnes (The Locusts), as well as stories written by Niven himself. </em></strong> Larry Niven's credits include the award-winning Ringworld series, his "Known Space" novels and the Man-Kzin anthologies. His collaborations with Jerry Pournelle include such titles as Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno and The Mote in God's Eye.</p>


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Monumental devastation will sweep across the globe if the newly-discovered Hamner-Brown comet collides with the one major obstacle in its path: Earth. For millionaire Tim Hamner, the comet is a ticket to immortality. For filmmaker Harvey Randall, it's a shot to redeem a flagging career. And for astronauts John Baker and Rick Delanty, it's a second chance for glory in outer space. But for a world gripped by comet fever, fascination quickly turns to fear. And only those who survive the impact will know the even greater terror, when rich and poor, politicians and killers, turn to each other or against each other--and the remnants of humanity grow savage to battle for what little remains . . . Including an all-new introduction by the authors!


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<p>From the back cover... ONCE THERE WAS MAGIC IN THE WORLD... Unlimited magic, enough magic for every wizard's son who ever wished to cast a spell. But the "mana", the power that makes the magic and fuels the spells, is drying up, a natural resource wasted by centuries of careless and short-sighted magicians.</p>


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LARRY NIVEN'S KNOWN SPACE IS AFLAME WITH WAR!Once upon a time, in the very earliest days of interplanetary exploration, an unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin -- home of the fiercest warriors in Known Space. This was a fatal mistake for the Kzinti, of course; they learned the hard way that the reason humanity had decided to study war no more was that humans were so very, very good at it.And thus began THE MAN-KZIN WARS. Now, several centuries later, the Kzinti are about to get yet another lesson in why it pays to be polite to those hairless monkeys from planet Earth.
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LARRY NIVEN'S KNOWN SPACE IS AFLAME WITH WAR!Once upon a time, in the very earliest days of interplanetary exploration, an unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin -- home of the fiercest warriors in Known Space. This was a fatal mistake for the Kzinti, of course; they learned the hard way that the reason humanity had decided to study war no more was that humans were so very, very good at it.And thus began THE MAN-KZIN WARS. Now, several centuries later, the Kzinti are about to get yet another lesson in why it pays to be polite to those hairless monkeys from planet Earth.


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In a new story, Larry Niven tells of the earliest days of the first Man-Kzin War. The surviving Kzin have been caged and are being studied. The monkey-boys have told them that their war is over. Incomprehensible to the Kzin, for whom no war is ever over. The humans are sure that the huge warcats cannot escape their prison--but they shouldn't make such bold assumptions.
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In a new story, Larry Niven tells of the earliest days of the first Man-Kzin War. The surviving Kzin have been caged and are being studied. The monkey-boys have told them that their war is over. Incomprehensible to the Kzin, for whom no war is ever over. The humans are sure that the huge warcats cannot escape their prison--but they shouldn't make such bold assumptions.


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Arthur C. Clarke was once asked to name his favorite writer. His answer was "Larry Niven." Countless others agree. *The Baltimore Sun *and *Kirkus Reviews* have both dubbed Niven "the premier writer of hard SF," and Gregory Benford has hailed him as "the paradigm of SF personality of the last several decades."



Now Larry Niven presents us with his undisputed masterwork. *N-Space* contains, very simply, the best SF of his career--marvelous fiction, a wealth of anecdotes and gossip, plus Niven's own special brand of wit and excitement. N-Space includes: *Excerpts from some of Niven's most loved novels, including* The World of Ptavvs, a Gift from Earth, Ringworld,* and *The Mote in God's Eye*** *His bets short fiction, including "Bordered in Black," "The Fourth Profession," "Madness Has Its Place," and many others  *Quips like the ever growing list of "Niven's Laws" *Notes from Niven describing his inspirations and building blocks for his writing. *And an introduction by Tom Clancy, one of Niven's biggest fans.


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Naomi Mitchison is the most beautiful woman on the moon--and the one who sent a near-fatal laser beam into the chest of the Fourth Speaker of Asteroids. But investigator Gil Hamilton is sure she is not a murderer--and is determined to prove it before Naomi becomes a sack of spare parts.


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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!


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"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


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Welcome to a world like no other.



The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band 3 million times the surface area of Earth, encircling a distant star.  Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of which are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe.



Explorere Louis Wu, an Earth-born human who was part of the first expedition to Ringworld, becomes enmeshed in interplanetary and interspecies intrigue as war, and a powerful new weapon, threaten to tear the Ringworld apart forever.  Now, the future of Ringworld lies in the actions of its children: Tunesmith, the Ghould protector; Acolyte, the exiled son of Speaker-to-Animals, and Wembleth, a strange Ringworld native with a mysterious past.  All must play a dangerous in order to save Ringworld's population, and the stability of Ringworld itself.



Blending awe-inspiring science with non-stop action and fun, Ringworld's Children, the fourth installment of the multiple award-winning saga, is the perfect introduction for readers new to this New York Times bestselling series, and long-time fans of Larry Niven's Ringworld. 

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Fleeing the supernova chain reaction at the galactic core, the cowardly Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds have---just barely---survived. They've stumbled from one crisis to the next: The rebellion of their human slaves. The relentless questing of the species of Known Space. The spectacular rise of the starfish-like Gw'oth. The onslaught of the genocidal Pak. Catastrophe looms again as past crises return---and converge. Who can possibly save the Fleet of Worlds from its greatest peril yet? Louis Wu? Trapped in the Wunderland civil war, all he wants is to go home---but the only possible escape will plunge him into unknowable danger. Ol't'ro ?The Gw'oth ensemble mind fled across the stars to establish a colony world free from tyranny. But some problems cannot be left behind, and other problems---like the Fleet of Worlds itself---are racing straight at them. Achilles? Despite past disgrace, the charismatic Puppeteer politician knowshe is destined for greatness. He will do anything to seize power---and to take his revenge on everyone who ever stood in his way. Nessus? The insane Puppeteer scout is out of ideas, out of resources, with only desperation left to guide him. Their hopes and fears, dreams and ambitions are about to collide. And the winner takes . . . worlds.


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<div><p>The perennially best-selling series set in Larry Niven’s Man-Kzin universe continues with entry #13 including   hard-hitting and thought-inducing tales from a host of talented contributors.  The catlike alien kzin, formerly invincible conquerors of all they encountered, must learn to compromise with humans if they wish to survive and prosper once again as a species.</p><p>Alex Hernandez lives in South Florida with his wife and daughter. He is a librarian, with an M.A. from the University of South Florida. Hernandez began as a science fiction webcomics creator before moving on to prose. He spends his free time reading, photographing Florida's wetlands, and running. </p><p>Larry Niven’s bestselling Man-Kzin series continues! The kzin, formerly invincible conquerors of all they encountered, had a hard time dealing with their ignominious defeat by the leaf-eating humans. Some secretly hatched schemes for a rematch, others concentrated on gathering power within the kzin hierarchy, and some shamefully cooperated with the contemptible humans, though often for hidden motives. In war and in uneasy peace, kzin and humans continue their adventures with a  masterful addition to the Man-Kzin Wars shared universe created by multiple <em>New York Times</em> best-seller, incomparable tale-spinner, and Nebula- and five-time Hugo-Award-winner, Larry Niven. Stories by Jane Lindskold, Charles E. Gannon, Bud Sparhawk, and more.</p><p><strong>About the Man-Kzin War Series:</strong></p><p>“[The Man-Kzin Wars series is] excellent . . .gripping . . .and expands well on Larry Niven’s universe. . . .” –<em>Locus</em></p><p><strong>About series creator Larry Niven:</strong></p><p>“Niven’s masterly use of SF strategies hits every note. . . “–<em>Los Angeles Time</em></p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Larry Niven is the author of multiple <em>New York Times </em>bestsellers, both alone (<em>The Integral Trees</em>, <em>The Ringworld Throne</em>)<em> </em>and in collaboration with Jerry Pournelle (<em>The Mote in God’s Eye</em>, <em>Lucifer’s Hammer</em>, <em>Footfall</em>). His Known Space series, from which the highly successful Man-Kzin Wars books derive, is a landmark of modern science fiction, rating favorable comparison to Heinlein’s Future History series and Asimov’s Foundation series. Winner of a Nebula award and five Hugo awards, SF legend Niven remains among the foremost writers of the new century. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Review</h3><p>"David Gerrold proves that he can do all the things that made us love Heinlein’s storytelling—and often better." -- <em>Orson Scott Card, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead</em>  </p><p>"Niven . . . lifts the reader far from the conventional world—and does it with a dash." -- <em>Los Angeles Times</em></p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>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.  </p></div>


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<div><p>It's Howling Time in Known Space again! Back to the frontlines of the top selling space war in all of science fiction.</p><p>The first colonists from Earth named the planet Wunderland. Generations later, the felinoid alien invaders called Kzin came and turned it into a hell for humans. Touched on in other accounts of the Man-Kzin wars, here for the first time is the decades-long saga of Wunderland: how the Wunderlanders first learned of the Kzin attacks on Earth by slower-than-light communications, barely in time to prepare to fight back. How the valiant human defenders turned to guerilla warfare in the Wunderland jungles and caves after the feline warrior race had destroyed or seized the cities. How, after the war ended in an ignominous defeat for the Kzin, some humans and Kzin worked for good will between the two species-their work complicated by humans wanting revenge and Kzin who still saw humans as a somewhat annoying food source. And how a human-Kzin team was sent to investigate a mysterious asteroid and found a threat not only to both species, but to the entire galaxy. The humans wanted to destroy it, but the Kzin wanted to exploit it, and the only hope was a Kzin telepath raised by humans from a cub. Which side would he choose, monkey or warcat?</p><h3>Review</h3><p>"Masterful handling of hard SF embedded within a rich background of character and plot." </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Larry Niven</strong> has authored many <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers, both alone (<em>The Integral Trees , The Smoke Ring, The Ringworld Throne</em>) and in collaboration with Jerry Pournelle (<em>The Mote in God's Eye, Lucifer's Hammer, Footfall</em>). His Known Space series, from which the fabulously successful Man-Kzin Wars books derive, is a landmark of modern science fiction, as popular as Heinlein's Future History series and Asimov's Foundation series. When Arthur C. Clarke appeared on a talk show and was asked to name his favorite science fiction writer, he immediately answered "Larry Niven." Winner of a Nebula award and five Hugo awards, Niven is among the foremost SF writers of the new century. His latest novels are <em>Rainbow Mars</em> (Tor) and <em>The Burning City</em>, with Jerry Pournelle (Pocket).</p><p><strong>Hal Colebatch</strong> has had stories in previous volumes of the Man-Kzin Wars series. His recent book, <em>Blair's Britain</em>, was selected by the <em>London Spectator's</em> Taki as a book of the year. He has also written mainstream fiction, biographies, plays, poetry, and several hundred articles. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science, and has been an advisor to two Australian Federal Ministers. He practices law in a suburb of Perth, Australia, where he lives with his wife and two stepchildren. </p></div>


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<div><p>If you love space adventure stories such as Larry Niven's RINGWORLD or Arthur C. Clarke's 2001, this is the perfect collection. Rama is a huge cylindrical object, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams ...and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits - just behind a Raman airlock door.</p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. After the war he won a BSc in physics and mathematics with first class honours from King's College, London.One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he also won KALINGA PRIZE, THE AVIATION SPACE-WRITERS' PRIZE and THE WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE WRITING PRIZE. He shared an OSCAR nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death in 2008. </p></div>


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EDITORIAL REVIEW:

For fifty thousand years the Kzinti Patriarchy thrived on battle fought for conquest.  Against all odds the humans stopped them, and for five wars kept on stopping them.  With its violent expansion checked internal strains have built up within the Patriarchy, and now they threaten to tear it apart.  When the ambitious Kchula-Tzaatz makes a bid for ultimate power the established order comes tumbling down, and the flames of war burn hot in Destiny's Forge. Hammered on that Forge are; Major Quacy Tskombe, battle hardened warrior turned diplomat.  His life is duty, his mission takes him to the Citadel of the Patriarch in a last ditch effort to avert war.  When it all falls apart he's forced to choose between love and loyalty, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. Captain Ayla Cherenkova, starship commander.  As talented as she is beautiful, her hatred of the Kzinti has driven her to the top.   Her space combat genius is unmatched, but when she's trapped alone in the jungles of Kzinhome her survival will depend on a whole new skillset. Pouncer, First-Son-of-Meerz-Rritt, heir apparent to the galaxy's most powerful empire.  He's reduced to a nameless fugitive with the collapse of his father's dynasty.  Survival demands escape, but honor demands vengeance, and the price of his Name will be paid in the blood of worlds.

Paul Chafe presents a masterpiece in the grand tradition of epic science fiction.  No fan of Larry Niven's best-selling Known Space series can miss Destiny's Forge.


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<div><p>This powerhouse trio of science fiction greats united to further explore the island paradise of Camelot from their classic novel, <em>Legacy of Herorot</em>. A new generation is growing up on the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought when their parents and grandparents first arrived on Earth. Setting out for the mainland, this group of young rebels feels ready to fight any grendels that get in their way. On Avalon, however, there are monsters which dwarf the ones their parents fought, and as the group will soon learn, monsters also dwell in the human heart.</p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>This sequel to the authors' bestselling The Legacy of Heorot (1987), in which "Earth Born" colonists vanquished an alien life-form known as the Grendels (hence the title here), starts slowly. The colonists' children (the "Star Born") spend too much of the first half of the novel discussing the "brain damage" the older generation has suffered as a result of the long trip to the planet. Meanwhile, the whiff of social Darwinism that blows through the book is enhanced when Aaron Tragon, the only "Star Born" who both gestated in an artificial womb and never bonded with any of the families on the planet, leads a movement to colonize Avalon's mainland. Aaron becomes increasingly vicious?a matter blamed primarily on his lack of a familial bond?after his calculated cruelties lead to his being given exactly the authorization he desires. Ultimately, the colonists end up less with success in the present than with hope for the future, with much of that hope deriving from the novel's improbable denouement. The authors create several unusual indigenous life-forms that make the mainland a fascinating place, and in-jokes designed to please SF fans are scattered throughout the narrative. Even Niven/Pournelle/Barnes loyalists, however, will find the one-dimensional characterizations here (especially of the women), as well as the increasingly absurd actions of the humans, disappointing. The bloom that lured many readers to the original is long off the paper rose of this book. <br>Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>For two decades, the colonists of the planet Avalon hid from the carnivorous monsters of the main continent by securing themselves within their island fortress of Camelot. Now their children, the Star Born, have one goal: to conquer the mainland for themselves and for their colony's future in the stars. This fast-paced, complex sequel to The Legacy of Heorot (S. &amp; S., 1987) blends the talents of three top-notch sf raconteurs. Strongly defined characters and intriguing, speculative science make this novel an example of panoramic sf adventure at its best. A good choice as a stand-alone story or in combination with its predecessor. For most sf collections.<br>Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div>


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<p class="description">the ultimate in amusement parks, was about to embark on the greatest Game ever: the California Voodoo Game. Across the world bets were being placed; fortunes and reputations hung in the balance. Gaming careers would be made--or destroyed. And the most advanced software package ever invented was going to be tested.But one of the players was a murderer--and worse. Only Alex Griffin, head of Dream Park Security, and Game Master Tony McWhirter guessed the extent of the treachery tainting the Game. Somehow, they had to catch the killer--but above all, the Game must go on....</p>


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<p class="description">The universe of science fiction / by Isaac Asimov -- The Detweiler boy / by Tom Reamy -- The Ipswich phial / by Randall Garrett -- Second game / by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean -- The ceaseless stone / by Avram Davidson -- Coup de Grace / by Jack Vance -- The green car / by William F. Temple -- War game / by Philip K. Dick -- The singing bell / by Isaac Asimov -- ARM / by Larry Niven -- Mouthpiece / by Edward Wellen -- Time exposures / by Wilson Tucker -- How-2 / by Clifford D. Simak -- Time in advance / by William Tenn</p>


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<p>When humans and kzinti met, the kzinti introduced themselves with a scream-and-leap of joyous anticipation. But - surprise! - the monkey boys and girls of Planet Earth not only fought back but won! How, how could the Warrior Race have fallen prey to slinking cowardly (albeit clever) leaf-eaters who didn't even possess weapons?  </p><p>After long hard thought the Kzin have come up with an answers: the first time they didn't leap hard or fast enough! After all, no matter how clever the humans may be, they won't stand a chance if it all happens so suddenly that monkey cleverness never has a chance to come into play. So when Eric Saxtorph and his crew stumble across the secret of the Great Attack the kzinti are more than a little upset.  </p><p>And when kzinti are upset, you know what they do...  </p>


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