The Legacy of Heorot, Larry Niven
The Legacy of Heorot, Larry Niven
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The Legacy of Heorot

Author: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 12 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2012

Synopsis

Bestselling science fiction superstars Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle combine their talents with those of Steven Barnes in an extraordinary adventure of humankind's first outpost in the farthest reaches of space.Light years from Earth, colonists land on a planet they name Avalon. It seems like a paradise—until native creatures savagely attack. It will take every bit of intelligence, courage, and military-style discipline to survive.

About Larry Niven

Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning author of science fiction short stories and novels, including the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times bestseller.

About Jerry Pournelle

Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017) was an American science fiction writer, essayist, and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. He wrote the popular Janissaries and CoDominium series and was the coauthor of several bestselling science fiction novels, including Lucifer’s Hammer, The Mote in God’s Eye, and the New York Times bestseller Footfall. He had advanced degrees in engineering, political science, statistics, and psychology and, in addition to his career as a fiction writer, had for many years written columns on both politics and technology.

About Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels of science fiction, horror, and suspense. The Image, Endeavor and Cable-Ace Award winning author also writes for television, including The Twilight Zone, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda and an Emmy Award winning episode of The Outer Limits.He also has taught at UCLA, Seattle University, and lectured at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. With his wife, British Fantasy Award winning author Tananarive Due, he has created online courses in Afrofuturism, Black Horror, and Screenwriting. Steven was born in Los Angeles, California, and except for a decade in the Northwest, and three years in Atlanta Georgia, has lived in that area all his life. Steve and Tananarive live with their son Jason.

About Tom Weiner

Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dirk on December 25, 2018

One of the few Science Fiction novels I’ve had the privilege and time to re-read. I love this book. Not only is it a totally awesome story, it is also the book I used to bait my wife into the Science Fiction genre. Kudos. Establishing a new colony on a far-off planet is in itself a daunting prospect.......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on February 09, 2017

Excellent read. There are some good characters, a good plot, balanced story telling very little lag at any point. I can't quite go to 5 stars with it (though I may reconsider over time) but I can highly recommend this one. This is a space exploration, space colonization novel of people from Earth mee......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on January 26, 2024

3.5 Stars As someone who loved sci fi horror, this was a really fun read. The action really felt like reading a movie script. It was a fun page turner. The character work and dialogue however left a lot to be desired. These aspects also reminded me of watching a movie but not necessarily a good one.......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on December 09, 2021

The first time I read this, years ago, I thought it was a middling colonist-survival novel with a fairly interesting beastie tearing them up. Not bad, not brilliant. I had a sneaking suspicion that I may have given it a bad rap, so I decided to revisit it and read through the later novels since there......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 01, 2008

Larry niven and Jerry Pournelle are great hard science fiction writers and With Steven Barnes they have great combat and martial arts scenes. grreat stuff "it makes Aliens look like a Disney nature film." The Washington Times said.......more

Quotes

“Outstanding!…The best ever, by the best in the field…The ultimate combination of imagination and realism.”

Tom Clancy

“The Legacy of Heorot is well written, action packed, and tension filled…Makes Aliens look like a Disney nature film.”

Washington Post

“Page-turning action and suspense, good characterization, and convincing setting…May be the best thing any of those authors has written.”

Denver Post

“Spine-tingling ecological tale of terror…A story as relentless as the great white shark of Jaws.”

Locus

“Entertaining…The novel is best in its sympathetic treatment of the once formidable scientists who wake from cold sleep with impaired mental powers.”

Publishers Weekly

“Tom Weiner gives a splendid narration of this futuristic story in which a colony of humans makes a century-long space journey in suspended animation to the seemingly pristine planet of Avalon…He adroitly gives each of the characters individual voices and makes this a wonderful listening experience.”

AudioFile

“The book’s tough realism and complex characters make the story seem frighteningly real; it reads much like a Stephen King horror novel.”

School Library Journal

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