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Title: Achilles' Choice by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes ISBN: 0-8125-1083-6 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 March, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Achilles Choice - Personal Choice
Comment: This novel is about love, life and sport. Based on a future Olympics where not only physical perfection is required but also extreme intelligence. It is a story where the nobel prize is inspired by elite athletes, and practical meets theoretical. It is a story of choices. Choose wrong and you may die. Either way you need to be fully committed to your descisions. If you are going to aim high in life then this is where you would be.
Achilles Choice was a light but enjoyable read. I am looking forward to a sequel.
I would recommend this novel for the age group 8-22 years of age. If you are an older reader the predictability of the storyline may be discouraging.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't bother
Comment: This book reads like something out of a freshman creative writing class. The dialogue is stilted, the plot is predictable, and the characters are utterly flat.
Skip it - there are plenty of other good books by these authors.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't bother with Achilles' Choice.
Comment: This story follows a young athlete as she trains for the new Olympics, which include intellectual competition and a de facto death sentence for the those who fail to take the gold. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? Ah, well. I have read of number of Larry Niven novels, and I understand the premise that maybe a book can be just a ripping good adventure, and not a contribution to world lit. But, ack, this was horrible. You will find the characters cliched, the plot "twists" too easy to figure out, and the ending is either a cop out because the author had filled the requisit number of pages, or a cheap way to prep for a sequel.
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Title: The Descent of Anansi by Steven Barnes, Larry Niven ISBN: 0812512928 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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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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