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Title: The Burning City by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ISBN: 0-671-03661-0 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 22 May, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.13 (46 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Rather an Enjoyable Book
Comment: Okay, it's not the Mote in God's Eye. But after all, it's set in a universe that's already been covered with quite a few stories, so it CAN'T have the shock of newness that Mote had. But it's quite an enjoyable story. Yes, it has cool insider references that may annoy some readers and elude others (but so did "Jurgen") but the story stands on its own. What, you read a story of heroic myth and coming-of-age and your disappointed because it fits the genre? I just don't understand these other reviews. I think that most Niven and Pournelle readers will enjoy it. I know I did.
Rating: 2
Summary: Will the Real Larry Niven Please Come Home?
Comment: Niven and Pournelle have written some of the best science fiction and fantasy there is. I share the late Robert Heinlein's opinion that "The Mote in God's Eye" might be the finest single "pure" science fiction novel ever written. It's an unsurpassed First Contact novel. "Footfall" is an excellent "alien invasion" book. Even "Inferno," which marked Niven's descent into extended travel brochures instead of novels, was fun.
This novel is set in Niven's "The Magic Goes Away" universe and, boy, has the magic gone away. There is little in the story to recommend. The society in which events occur is implausible. The flaws that underpin "mana" as a limited resource for magic stand out like Las Vegas neon. The rigrous logic and plot development that used to be the mark of Niven and Pournelle's work is mostly missing. You may not believe this, but the book is difficult to read. Ponderous and polemic by turns; it's a serious disappointment.
I think I'll re-read "Mote" to get the taste of this out of my mouth and restore my high opinion of these authors.
Rating: 1
Summary: The book had a great start
Comment: I am both a SF and a Fantasy fan. I love their earlier science fiction works. This book had me very excited for the first 300+ pages. Then it jumps 23 years into the future and I just couldn't get back into it. I treid like a 100 more pages and I put it down and started a different book.
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Title: Saturn's Race by Steven Barnes, Larry Niven ISBN: 0812580109 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 18 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Starswarm by Jerry Pournelle ISBN: 0765345315 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Higher Education by Charles Sheffield, Jerry Pournelle ISBN: 0812538900 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Birth of Fire by Jerry Pournelle ISBN: 067165649X Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Putting Up Roots: A Jupiter Novel by Charles Sheffield ISBN: 0812538927 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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