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Codominium: Revolt on war World
by Jerry Pournelle ... Childhood's End
Silverberg, Dying Inside
Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Footfall
William Gibson and Robert Anton Wilson the Difference Engine
Verne, 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea
Wells, The Time Machine
Colin Wilson, Spider World
Ot ... ... as an "author" as the author of the work, it might clear up some odd problems I've noticed. For example, if you have Footfall, do you list it as being written by Larry Niven, or Jerry Pournelle? They are co-authors. Right now, I have it listed as being by Larry Niven in the ... I agree with a lot of the previous posts, especially about Footfall. But I miss another Niven (et al.) classic: The Legacy of Herot. This could be made into a great scifi action thiller. ... might upset the censors
Altered Carbon - one of my favourite books ever, would make an incredible, if violent, film
Footfall - I've been wondering about this one for about twenty years too. It'd be perfect for a summer SF blockbuster Tales of Known Space; the Universe
of Larry Niven by Larry Niven ... and I like something different in them like Marion Zimmer Bradley and her idea of weapons that don't leave the hand, or Larry Niven's idea of using SciFi writers to help the government deal with aliens.
I LOVE the way Patricia McKillip doesn't explain the most outrageous ideas (jewels ... Jerry Pournelle and Exiles to Glory is a perennial favorite of mine.
This thread prompted me to create a new tag for my library, that of Asteriods, ... must have been funny. a few, like "Ruella in Love" made me smile. i don't think any one of them made me laugh.
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle; p 46
seemed interesting. so far, basic hardcore sf first contact story. only so many hours in a day, so i set it aside for ... Antares Dawn and Footfall. Also a couple of pages into City at the End of Time. Is it any good? Speaking of Elephants Footfall.
Or maybe Inferno
These two books were fun and entertaining. ... Reaching, yes. Is Rat Korga really a villain? He seems to me more of a victim in the book.
How about the Fithp from Footfall, or the cannibal army from Lucifer's Hammer? Or the Kzinti, from the Man-Kzin Wars?
How about The Race, from the Worldwar series? ... ... got this book today. I'll start reading it this evening.
Just a note that might be of interest:
I recently read Footfall and there are EMP attacks and their effects on society mentioned in that book as well. ... Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Dragon's Egg by Robe ... I'm actually reading another one of the larry niven jerry pournelle books, footfall.
These guys are pretty decent at writing adventurous fun novels. Considering all the amazing effects Hollywood can now come up with, I think it's time to film Footfall by Niven/Pournelle ... it would make a perfect summer blockbuster a la Independence Day. ... (1 of 5)
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Sphere by Michael Crichton
Footfall by Niven/Pournelle
The Mote in God's Eye by Niven/Pournelle
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1 of 3)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1 of 4)
Ilium by Dan Simm ... Footfall and The Mote in Gods Eye are both, like War of the Worlds, about humans first contact with aliens. As suggested above anything by C.J. Cherryh. You could also look at Fred Saberhagen he wrote modern vampire stories like An Old Friend of the Family and short stories about a very ... 61. Footfall by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
I have to admit that I bought this book (at Goodwill) because I thought the cover art was funny, and then read it for the 888 challenge when I realized that it had been nominated for a Hugo award. For a book about small elephants from outer space ... Book Three: Man-Kzin Wars IX by Larry Niven.
Larry Niven has written numerous stories in the Known Space universe. The series can be broadly split into two groups: those that take place before mankind met the Kzin such as A Gift from Earth, and The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton (featurin ... Book Two: Achilles' Choice by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes.
I've read a lot of Niven before, and two of his prior collaborations with Barnes (Dream Park and The Barsoom Project), this one didn't seem to be up to the others.
The story involves athletes competing in the Olympics ... The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mote in Gods' Eye by Larry Niven
On Dangerous Ground by Jack Higgins writing as Harry Patterson
The Last Place God Made by Harry Patterson
The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins
beatles1964 ... many Jerry Pournelle books. I have read and enjoyed his The mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand which he wrote with Larry Niven several times. But never heard of this one. Don't know how I missed these books in the past, but am taking measures to correct it. I used to read several authors works every two years:
Larry Niven's Known Space books
James White's Sector 12 General Hospital books
The Commonwealth books by Alan Dean Foster.
Now, not so much. Although I have a hankering to read some Hal Clement. ... me swear of sequels of 'classic' novels. There are certain times when sequels or shared worlds make sense - from memory Larry Niven edited a book of stories by other authors set in 'his' unversie, but I see that as more of a collaboration.
Oh well if I ever work my way through all the ... ...
I have to plead guilty to not returning a book myself though. One of my brothers was given a copy (hardcover, no less) of Larry Niven's Lucifer's Hammer. He lent it to me and I liked it enough that when he moved away I kept it. Oddly enough, 30 years later, I still have the book - and he ... ... is no in-between. Lucifer's Hammer and The Mote in God's Eye are two of his I like, both would be on my top 100 list. Footfall couldn't get into it. Same for Destiny's Road.
The oringinal Ringworld was OK, but I thought He wore the story line out with the following books. Then again ... Wow. I always heard such good things about Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's Footfall. (I have a copy, but haven't read it yet myself.) I picked that up along with Lucifer's Hammer and The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand. I hope they aren't all stinkers.
What bugged you ... My worst grinds of the year were Demon Theory by Stephen Graham Jones and Larry Niven 's Footfall . By the Man Jesus, they're brutal to try to read! ... Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
6. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
7. Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer
8. Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
8 SF/Fantasy DONE!!
1. Eater by Gregory Benford
2. Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling
3. Allegiance by Timot ... The woman who cut off her leg at the Maidstone Club by Julia Slavin
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
A walk on the wild side by Nelson Algren
Throw'im way leg by Tim Flannery
The Walking Dead series by Robert Kirkman ... tag on the Deryni books. Doesn't alternate history as a genre need to intersect with real history at some point? And if Footfall can be tagged that way then nearly any science fiction book can as well.
And two people tagged The Temple and the Lodge as alternate history, which to them I ... A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Eye by Frank Herbert
Footfall by Larry Niven
The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson
Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke
... finished either book so those will be on my TBR list for the future, also on my list are:
Green Mars
Blue Mars
Footfall
Pandora's Star
Revelation Space
War and Peace
... Drakulic
I have no mouth and I must scream by Harlan Ellison
Throwim' way leg by Tim Flannery
Flesh by David Galef
Footfall by Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle
The Man with the golden arm by Nelson Algren
The Biographer's Moustache by Kingsley Amis
Torso by Mark Andreyko
As far as ... ... in God's Eye and Lucifer's Hammer were both actually by Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle ... their best, IMHO, was Footfall. ... the "harder" scifi stuff ... I'm not much of a fantasy fan either ... if I were making additions, I'd definitely vote for Footfall by Niven/Pournelle and Dark Star by Alan Dean Foster ... and where's The Stand? I know some people might not consider it exactly scifi, but it's certainly ... ... Pournelle as 2nd author...but if Pournelle has (somehow) been listed as the first author on some copies of, say, Footfall or Lucifer's Hammer,I've got no good way to combine the _works_ without combining the authors...who are definitely different people. ... those books separate from Niven's solo works and Pournelle's solo works.
Right now, for example, there are 205 copies of Footfall. 204 of them say they are by Larry Niven. Poor Jerry Pournelle, he was an equal co-author, but gets short shrift. Why? no reason except perhaps alphabetical ...
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