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- The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology, and rife with political dangers.
- About the Author: Larry Niven is the award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces, and fantasy novels including the Magic Goes Away series.
- 400 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
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With no concept of the future and a life defined by duty, how will the children of Selene ever survive once the Council is through terraforming and have abandoned Selene for its ultimate goal of Ymir?Book Synopsis
The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology, and rife with political dangers. The John Glenn's crew intended to terraform the nearly pristine planet Ymir, in hopes of creating a utopian society that would limit intelligent technology.
But by some miscalculation they have landed in another solar system and must shape the gas giant planet Harlequin's moon, Selene, into a new, temporary home. Their only hope of ever reaching Ymir is to rebuild their store of antimatter by terraforming the moon. Gabriel, the head terraformer, must lead this nearly impossible task, with all the wrong materials: the wrong ships and tools, and too few resources. His primary tools are the uneducated and nearly-illiterate children of the original colonists, born and bred to build Harlequin's moon into an antimatter factory. Rachel Vanowen is one of these children. Basically a slave girl, she must do whatever the terraforming Council tells her. She knows that Council monitors her actions from a circling vessel above Selene's atmosphere, and is responsible for everything Rachel and her people know, as well as all the skills, food, and knowledge they have ever received. With no concept of the future and a life defined with duty, how will the children of Selene ever survive once the Council is through terraforming and have abandoned Selene for its ultimate goal of Ymir?Review Quotes
Niven and Cooper have crafted a multi-generational, star-spanning epic, with intriguing, fast-paced action. Against a backdrop of mind-boggling technology, the authors ask important questions about how far science should go, and its impact on social structures and human rights. Niven and Cooper are playing God on a grand scale. "Brian Herbert, New York times bestselling author of Dune: The Battle of Corrin on Building Harlequin's Moon"
Recent astronomy hints at a beautiful but stark vision of the solar systems around us. Building Harlequin s Moon is the best fiction I ve seen based on this vision. Vernor Vinge, Hugo Award--winning author of A Fire Upon the Dee
Fans of both hard and softer, psychological SF will welcome veteran Niven and newcomer Cooper's well-written tale of a 60,000-year layover in space. . . . Niven and Cooper provide complicated characters, particularly the AI, which struggle with realistic moral dilemmas. "Publishers Weekly on Building Harlequin's Moon"
Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper colonization novel is a hugely ambitious, meticulously rendered feast for both head and heart. I can't wait to see what they do next! "Steven Barnes on Building Harlequin's Moon"
Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper have accomplished that most difficult of tasks, a novel full of real, hard science, but character-driven from the first page. The scope is enormous, but the focus is intimate, with characters who live and breathe. A marvelous read! "Louis Marley on Building Harlequin's Moon"
"Building Harlequin's Moon" is a big tale, well told. Wonderful world-building and characters you can care about. "Syne Mitchell""
Recent astronomy hints at a beautiful but stark vision of the solar systems around us. Building Harlequin's Moon is the best fiction I've seen based on this vision.--Vernor Vinge, Hugo Award--winning author of A Fire Upon the Dee
Building Harlequin's Moon is a big tale, well told. Wonderful world-building and characters you can care about.
--Syne Mitchell
Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper colonization novel is a hugely ambitious, meticulously rendered feast for both head and heart.
--Steven Barnes
Niven and Cooper have crafted a multi-generational, star-spanning epic, with intriguing, fast-paced action.
--Brian Herbert "New York Times bestselling author of Dune: The Battle of Corrin "
Real, hard science, but character-driven from the first page. The scope is enormous, but the focus is intimate.
--Louis Marley
"Niven and Cooper have crafted a multi-generational, star-spanning epic, with intriguing, fast-paced action. Against a backdrop of mind-boggling technology, the authors ask important questions about how far science should go, and its impact on social structures and human rights. Niven and Cooper are playing God on a grand scale."-Brian Herbert, New York times bestselling author of "Dune: The Battle of Corrin" on "Building Harlequin's Moon"
"Recent astronomy hints at a beautiful but stark vision of the solar systems around us. "Building Harlequin's Moon" is the best fiction I've seen based on this vision."--Vernor Vinge, Hugo Award--winning author of "A Fire Upon the Deep"
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"Fans of both hard and softer, psychological SF will welcome veteran Niven and newcomer Cooper's well-written tale of a 60,000-year layover in space. . . . Niven and Cooper provide complicated characters, particularly the AI, which struggle with realistic moral dilemmas."--"Publishers Weekly "on" Building Harlequin's Moon
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"Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper colonization novel is a hugely ambitious, meticulously rendered feast for both head and heart. I can't wait to see what they do next!" ---Steven Barnes on "Building Harlequin's Moon
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"Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper have accomplished that most difficult of tasks, a novel full of real, hard science, but character-driven from the first page. The scope is enormous, but the focus is intimate, with characters who live and breathe. A marvelous read!"-Louis Marley on "Building Harlequin's Moon
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""Building Harlequin's Moon" is a big tale, well told. Wonderful world-building and characters you can care about."--Syne Mitchell
Building Harlequin''s Moon is a big tale, well told. Wonderful world-building and characters you can care about. -- Syne Mitchell (09/16/2005)
Fans of both hard and softer, psychological SF will welcome veteran Niven and newcomer Cooper's well-written tale of a 60,000-year layover in space.
"Building Harlequin''s Moon" is a big tale, well told. Wonderful world-building and characters you can care about.
-- Syne Mitchell (09/16/2005)
Real, hard science, but character-driven from the first page. The scope is enormous, but the focus is intimate.
About the Author
Larry Niven is the award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces, and fantasy novels including the Magic Goes Away series. He has received the Nebula Award, five Hugos, four Locus Awards, two Ditmars, the Prometheus, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award, among other honors. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
Brenda Cooper is the author of the Silver Ship series--The Silver Ship and the Sea, Reading the Wind, and Wings of Creation. She has also published many short stories, including a collaboration with Larry Niven--""Ice and Mirrors""--in Scatterbrain. She lives in Kirkland, Washington.