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Author is Jerry Pournelle
#Year1st ReadTitleAuthor(s)My Rating 
1 1995 2016 Beowulf's Children
Legacy of Heorot #2
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Steven Barnes  
Larry Niven  
Jerry Pournelle  
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BOOK TWO IN THE CLASSIC HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES.

Some twenty years have passed since the passengers and crew of the starship Geographic established a colony on the hostile alien world of Avalon. In that time, a new generation has grown up in the peace and serenity of the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought between their parents and grandparents and the monstrous inhabitants of Avalon.

Now, under the influence of a charismatic leader, a group of young rebels makes for the mainland, intent on establishing their own colony, sure that they can vanquish any foe that should stand in their way.

But they will soon discover that Avalon holds darker secrets still.

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

About Beowulf's Children:

"Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here....  As one might suspect Beowulf's Children is seamless... absorbing, substantial... masterful novel." - Los Angeles Times

"Panoramic SF adventure at its best." - Library Journal

Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. With Jerry Pournelle, he is the author of the all-time SF classic The Mote in God's Eye, and subsequent books in the series, as well as the novels in the Heorot series. He lives in Chatsworth, California.

Jerry Pournelle was a master of military science fiction, author of the series of novels about John Christian Falkenberg and his legion of interstellar mercenaries, and many other works, such as Janissaries, Exiles to Glory, High Justice, King David's Spaceship, Starswarm, and others. With Larry Niven he collaborated on a string of bestselling novels, including Lucifer's Hammer, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and many more. He held advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science, and has was actively involved professionally in all these fields.

Steven Barnes is a New York Times best-selling, Hugo Award–nominated author of Twelve Days among other novels, a screenwriter, and creator of the Lifewriting™ writing course, which he has taught nationwide. He recently won an NAACP Image Award as coauthor of the Tennyson Hardwick mystery series with his spouse, Tananarive Due, and actor Blair Underwood.
2 1976 Birth of Fire
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BIRTH OF FIRE

THE CHOICE WAS SIMPLE:
EARTH AND PRISON - OR MARS AND SLAVERY


For Garrett Pittson, wrongly convicted of murder, the choice was no choice.  The struggling Mars settlement needed miners.  At least there he wouldn't be behind bars.

As it turned out, he might as well have been: the mining corporations were running a veritable penal colony.  Appalling conditions prevailed.  No work meant no food.  As an extreme punishment, even oxygen was withheld.

For Pittson - and a determined group of his fellows - the slavery was intolerable.  The only answer: revolution...

"Earthy and realistic" - Science Fiction Review

"Excellent science fiction adventure... a depth of meaning that goes beyond the story" - Poul Anderson
3 1985 Far Frontiers
Far Frontiers #1
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Jim Baen (Editor)  
Jerry Pournelle (Editor)  
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WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
WELCOM TO
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You have in your hands the result of a wholly new concept in the publication of a science fiction magazine: the editorial collaboration in paperback format of one of America's foremost science fiction/fact writers and one of science fiction's most prominent editor/publishers.

They invite you to join them on the
FAR FRONTIERS

IN THIS ISSUE:



FACTFICTION
BEN BOVA
ROBERT L . FORWARD
JERRY POURNELLE
G. HARRY STINE
MORE!
POUL ANDERSON
GREG BEAR
DEAN ING
DAMON KNIGHT
LARRY NIVEN


ALL NEW!



4 1985 Far Frontiers II
Far Frontiers #2
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Jim Baen (Editor)  
Jerry Pournelle (Editor)  
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EDITED BY
JERRY POURNELLE AND JIM BAEN
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Welcome to Volume II of science fiction's only paperback magazine, a premier forum for hard scientific speculation and stories both entertaining and thought-provoking.  In this volume you'll find humor, pathos, and master storytelling by

GORDON R. DICKSON
JOHN BRUNNER
BEN BOVA
EDWARD P. HUGHES


AND MORE!


Plus forecasts for advancement in space travel, aviation, and other fields on the cutting edge of our technological future by experts including
DR. ROBERT BUSSARD
G. HARRY STINE


With Editorial Introductions by JERRY POURNELLE
5 1985 Far Frontiers III
Far Frontiers #3
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Jim Baen (Editor)  
Jerry Pournelle (Editor)  
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EDITED BY
JERRY POURNELLE AND JIM BAEN
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Welcome to Volume III of science fiction's only paperback magazine, the premier forum for rigorous scientific speculation and the best fiction being written today.  In this volume you'll find gripping stories by

DAVID DRAKE
VERNOR VINGE
THOMAS WYLDE
JOHN DALMAS
RIVKA JACOBS
AND MORE


Plus the latest developments in communicating with outer space, a new theory to explain the disappearance of the dinosaurs, and some thoughts on a different dimension, by experts including
CHARLES SHEFFIELD JOHN GRIBBEN
CHARLES R. PELLEGRINO


All stories and articles are preceeded by thoughtful and illuminating essays by Jerry Pournelle, one of America's premier authors of fiction and non-fiction.
6 1986 Far Frontiers IV
Far Frontiers #4
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Jim Baen (Editor)  
Jerry Pournelle (Editor)  
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EDITED BY
JERRY POURNELLE AND JIM BAEN
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Welcome to Volume IV of the world's only paperback magazine of science fiction and fact, the premier forum for rigorous, exciting scientific speculation - and the best fiction being written today.  In this volume:
FICTION BY
C.J. CHERRYH
F. PAUL WILSON
JOHN DALMAS
- more!


Plus book reviews and penetrating articles, including "Star Wars: A Debate" by Jim Benford.
7 1986 Far Frontiers V
Far Frontiers #5
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Jim Baen (Editor)  
Jerry Pournelle (Editor)  
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EDITED BY
JERRY POURNELLE AND JIM BAEN
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Welcome to Volume V of the world's only paperback magazine of science fiction and fact, the premier forum for exciting new fiction and penetrating speculative fact.  In this volume:
A new Retief novella
by KEITH LAUMER
- Plus -
DAVID DRAKE
JOHN DALMAS
EDWARD A. BYERS
MORE


And articles including an examination of the Strategic Defense Initiative by science/author Gregory Benford, a look at skyhooks and beanstalks by Charles Sheffield, and a report on the future of private space launches by aorospace expert G. Harry Stine.
8 1986 Far Frontiers VI
Far Frontiers #6
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Jim Baen (Editor)  
Jerry Pournelle (Editor)  
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EDITED BY
JERRY POURNELLE AND JIM BAEN
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"The editors have strong opinions , are willing to state the,, and publish articles specifically written in influence as well as inform." - Locus

"The best ongoing series has to be Far Frontiers." - Science Fiction Chronicle

This issue presents brand-new stories by some of the top names in science fiction:
JANET MORRIS
DAVID DRAKE
JOHN DALMAS
- more!


Plus intriguing non-fiction by scientists Charles Sheffield and Joh Gribbin and aorospace expert G. Harry Stine.
9 1986 Far Frontiers VII
Far Frontiers #7
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Jim Baen (Editor)  
Jerry Pournelle (Editor)  
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EDITED BY
JERRY POURNELLE AND JIM BAEN
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Here is Volume VII of the world's only paperback magazine of science fiction and fact, the premier forum for exciting new fiction and penetrating speculative fact.  In this volume:
POUL ANDERSON
TIMOTHY ZAHN
CHARLES SHEFFIELD
G. HARRY STINE
ROGER MACBRIDE ALLEN
- more!
10 1993 1994 The Gripping Hand
Mote #2
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Larry Niven  
Jerry Pournelle  
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Eighteen years in the making - here at last is the sequel to one of the most acclaimed science fiction novels of our time, THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.

Robert Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read."  The San Francisco Chronicle declared that "as science fiction, The Mote in God's Eye is one of the most important novels ever published."  Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award-winning authors of such bestsellers as Footfall and The Legacy of Heorot return us to the Mote, and to the universe of Kevin Renner and Horace Bury, of Rod Blaine and Sally Fowler.

There, twenty-five years have passed since humanity quarantined the mysterious aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system.  They have spent a quarter century analyzing and agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens mankind has ever encountered - a race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function.  Master.  Mediator.  Engineer.  Warrior.  Each supremely adapted to its task, yet doomed by millions of years of evolution to an inescapable fate.  For the Moties must breed - or die.

And now the fragile wall separating them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble.
11 1987 2016 The Legacy of Heorot
Legacy of Heorot #1
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Steven Barnes  
Larry Niven  
Jerry Pournelle  
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From amazon.com:

BOOK ONE IN THE CLASSIC HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES

The two hundred colonists on board the Geographic have spent a century in cold sleep to arrive here: Avalon, a lush, verdant planet lightyears from Earth. They hope to establish a permanent colony, and Avalon seems the perfect place. And so they set about planting and building.

But their very presence has upset the ecology of Avalon. Soon an implacable predator stalks them, picking them off one by one. In order to defeat this alien enemy, they must reevaluate everything they think they know about Avalon, and uncover the planet's dark secrets.

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

About The Legacy of Heorot:
"Page-turning action and suspense, good characterization and convincing setting . . . may be the best thing any of those authors has written.”—The Denver Post

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

“Well written, action-packed, and tension filled . . . makes Aliens look like a Disney nature film."—The Washington Post

“Spine-tingling ecological tale of terror.”—Locus

About sequel Beowulf's Children:
"Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here. . . . As one might suspect Beowulf's Children is seamless . . . absorbing, substantial . . . masterful novel."—Los Angeles Times

"Panoramic SF adventure at its best."—Library Journal

About Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle:
"Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read."—Robert A. Heinlein on The Mote in God's Eye

About Larry Niven:
“Larry Niven’s RINGWORLD remains one of the all-time classic travelogues of science fiction — a new and amazing world and fantastic companions.”—Greg Bear

"Our premier hard SF writer.”—The Baltimore Sun

"The scope of Larry Niven's work is so vast that only a writer of supreme talent could disguise the fact as well as he can."—Tom Clancy

"Niven is a true master."—Frederik Pohl

About Jerry Pournelle:
"Jerry Pournelle is one of science fiction's greatest storytellers."—Poul Anderson

"Jerry Pournelle's trademark is first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science and hardball politics."—David Drake

"Rousing . . . The Best of the Genre"—The New York Times

"On the cover . . . is the claim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be."—Milwaukee Journal on Janissaries

About Steven Barnes:
“Brilliant, surprising, and devastating.”—David Mack

“Sharp, observant and scary.”—Greg Bear

"Profound and exhilarating."—Maurice Broaddus, author of The Knights of Breton Court

“Barnes gives us characters that are vividly real people, conceived with insight and portrayed with compassion and rare skill and then he stokes the suspense up to levels that will make the reader miss sleep and be late for work.”—Tim Powers

“[Barnes] combines imagination, anthropology and beautiful storytelling as he takes readers to the foot of the Great Mountain, today known as Mount Kilimanjaro.”—Durham Triangle Tribune on Great Sky Woman
12 1977 Lucifer's Hammer
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Larry Niven  
Jerry Pournelle  
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THE LUCKY ONES WENT FIRST...

The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization.

But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival--a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known....

"The first satisfying end-of-the-world novel in years... and ultimate one.... masively entertaining."
CLEVELAND PLAIN-DWELLER

"Take your earthquakes, waterlogged condominiums, swarms of bugs, colliding airplanes and flaming what-nots, wrap them up and they wouldn't match one page of Lucifer's Hammer for sweaty-palmed suspense."
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
13 1974 1994 The Mote in God's Eye
Mote #1
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Larry Niven  
Jerry Pournelle  
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A black hole in space.  And piercing through, a beam of ruby light brighter than a hundred moons.  Was it the eye on the face of God, or the blood red-sun of our first intergalactic visitors?

"Possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read."
- Robert Heinlein

"One of the most engrossing tales I've read in years."
- Theodore Sturgeon






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