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BOOK ONE IN THE CLASSIC HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNESThe two hundred colonists on board the Geographic have spent a century in cold sleep to arrive here: Avalon, a lush, verdant planet lightyears from Earth. They hope to establish a permanent colony, and Avalon seems the perfect place. And so they set about planting and building.But their very presence has upset the ecology of Avalon. Soon an impla...

This Hugo-nominated work is a classic of Niven’s Known Space saga.Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission was to save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before.Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggl...

The united 'Second Empire of Man' spans vast distances, due to the Alderson Drive which has enabled humans to travel easily between the stars. After an alien probe is discovered, the Navy dispatches two ships to determine whether the aliens pose a threat… Called by Robert A. Heinlein: "Possibly the greatest science fiction novel ever written," this magnificent exploration of first contact and a truly alien society is a "must read" for science fiction fans."As science fiction, one o...

For the safety of mankind, the aliens called Moties have been quarantined for 25 years (see THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE) and are now poised to break out of their solar system and spread rapidly into humanity's space. Kevin Renner, Horace Bury, Rod Blaine and other characters introduced in THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE must now find new ways to cope with the inevitable Motie expansion while trying to protect humanity. Sequel to the novel Robert A. Heinlein called "Possibly the finest science fiction nove...

“Rare Storytelling…demands to be read at one sitting.” – Chicago Sun-Times“Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle.” —Tom Clancy“Exciting, swift and suspenseful.” – Theodore SturgeonIn a dystopian future, where pollution and violence overrun Los Angeles streets, a Utopia flourishes. Todos Santos is thousand-foot-high arcology; a single-structured city that rises above the festering skyscrapers to offer its privileged residents the perfect blend of te...

The Hugo Award–winning author reunites with his acclaimed coauthor in "a multi-generational, star-spanning epic with intriguing, fast-paced action" ( New York Times– bestselling author Brian Herbert).Fleeing a solar system overrun by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, the crew of the starship John Glenn set course for the pristine planet Ymir. But their plan to terraform Ymir and create a utopian society that limits tech...

Mortal enemies. Unlikely allies. A daring rescue mission that will change everything.The Seascape Tattoo is the latest spellbinding adventure in Larry Niven and Steven Barnes' acclaimed fantasy series. Aros of Azteca and Neoloth-Pteor, the deadliest of enemies - a fierce swordsman and a powerful sorcerer - have tried to kill each other more times than either can count. But when the princess Neoloth loves is kidnapped, there is only one plan that offers any ...

This discounted ebundle of the Known Space series includes: Fleet of Worlds, Juggler of Worlds, Destroyer of Worlds, Betrayer of Worlds, Fate of Worlds“Great story telling is still alive in science fiction because of Larry Niven, and his finest work is the Ringworld series.” **--**Orson Scott CardTwo hundred years before the discovery of the Ringworld, humans discover the history of their ancestors and revolt again...

Over twenty years after returning to Earth from the Ringworld, Louis Wu is kidnapped, along with a warrior kzin named Chmeee, by a Pierson's puppeteer, a brilliant 2-headed alien who calls himself the "Hindmost". The puppeteer hopes to regain status with his fellow citizens by traveling to the Ringworld to bring back treasures. Upon reaching the vast and mysterious Ringworld, Louis and his companions find many surprises, including that the Ringworld is unstable. Its billions of inhabitants...

THE LONG-AWAITED CONCLUSION OF THE HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNESAvalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named grendels were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon's new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost...

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author presents twenty-six tales and vignettes from this interplanetary gathering place: "A must for Nivenites" ( Booklist).When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from ...

When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann, established a tavern catering to all the various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern.From the mind of bestsell...