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Original Title:	The Legacy of Heorot
ISBN:	0671695320 (ISBN13: 9780671695323)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Heorot #1

The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot #1)

Larry Niven

Paperback | Pages: 383 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 6299 Users | 213 Reviews

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The colonists from Earth have spent a century in cold sleep to make the first journey, one way, to settle a planet in another solar system. Avalon seems perfect, a verdant, livable world still in its prehistoric age. The biologists and engineers who busy themselves planting and building scoff at the warnings of professional soldier Cadmann Weyland until a large, unnaturally fast and cunning predator begins stalking the colony. Learning how to kill the beast is only the first step, for they must then reevaluate their entire understanding of Avalon's ecology.

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Title	:	The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot #1)
Author	:	Larry Niven
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 383 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1989 by Pocket Books (first published July 15th 1987)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction

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This is a serious page-turner. Imagine, Sci-Fi, as literature. The book is a future setting of Beowulf. It's been some time since I read Beowulf, but I can remember the desperation of Grendel's foes . . . I felt it here, too. Every time the good guys thought they were out of the woods . . .BANG!!, people are dying again. Good to the last page . . . think of keeping your pedal to the metal, and then realizing you've passed the finish line, at full speed. That's what it was like, at the end of

This is quite an amazing book. The science, sociology, psychology - all of it! - is extremely well-thought out. And the pacing is rather incredible. Niven has quite a knack for moving things along quick enough for most of the book, and then really stepping things up a couple of notches for the huge climax. Great fun!Humanity has finally decided to reach out to the stars and attempt to colonize a new planet. But being so far away, they've gotta freeze the people so they'll make it there at a

Listened to on CD. Read by Tom Wiener who is FANTASTIC! Great story inspired by Beowolf. TRULY scary thriller. Can't wait to read the sequels!

A little dated, but one heck of a thriller...almost a 4, but let's say: 3.5...

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.

These are the ROCK STARS of modern SF! This is one (of a bushel-ful) of their finest work. A tremendous retelling of Beowulf vs. Grendel with great science behind the plot. Set in a far off world, a human settlement is besieged by a faster-than-the-eye beast - which will be your heart rate, too, as this captivating story unfolds. Brilliant! Classic literature meets contemporary masters - could it get any better? I say NO!

One of the few Science Fiction novels Ive 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. The collaborating team of Niven, Pournelle & Barnes have here come up with a concept that makes it absolutely terrifying. Now, Ill be completely honest with you, while I appreciate the theme of