Building Harlequins Moon

Sorry, I forgot to attribute this, and unfortunately I also forget where I saw it. But it says exactly what I would say if I could write that well. "Building Harlequin's Moon is one of those "the less famous writer does the real work" collaborations. Brenda Cooper's thank-you notes at the beginning m......more

Niven is at his best in collaboration, and this is no exception. Building Harlequin’s Moon is is a story in many layers. The main plot line is about the first interstellar starship, escaping a Sol System full of renegade AIs and nanotech, escaping to reclaim humanity. But there is a malfunction and......more

What does it mean to create people and intentionally doom them to enhance our own lives? 2/3 of the way through, I wrote to Stan: "Pretty good, as expected. There are a couple of things about the main premise that strain credulity a bit, but I'm willing to let those go for the sake of the story. There......more

An insightful and fascinating look at terraforming and generation starships. It follows travelers as they skip and hop across the galaxy, across the light years, and through tens of thousands of years. It's also a beautiful story about coming of age and emancipation. Niven and Cooper were a perfect m......more

I wish we could give half stars… The basic plot is this, Earth is approaching singularity. AI’s start getting “board”, nano-bots start altering machines and people with out permission. (3) Ships are built and they flee to save humanity from its own creations. Something happens to one of the ships alon......more