Jerry pournelle books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. The legacy of hearot, the children of beowulf, footfall. To start with let me first say that i love larry niven s books. Having enjoyed success once, niven and pournelle continued the partnership, rewriting dantes inferno, smashing the planet with a comet, creating a portrait of the worlds largest gated community and so on. Larry niven jerry pournelle and steven barnes heorot 1. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star. Tamahome is a third, enders game, 1976, rammer by larry niven. Footfall kindle edition by niven, larry, pournelle, jerry. I finished reading or listening since it was an audio book to larry niven and jerry pournelle s mote in gods eye.
This book was even better in my most humble opinion. Ive previously read a number of niven pournelle books, including the science fiction classic lucifers hammer, and though i probably didnt spend too much time examining the plot for footfall. Footfall by larry niven and jerry pournelle youtube. Brad guy niven and pournelle were under a tight deadline when writing footfall, and they had a preset page limit. Together they have written the critically acclaimed bestsellers inferno, footfall, and the legacy of heorot, among others. And i was wondering if there is a suggested order to read their books.
Im not referring to the collaborators, both of whom are science. Listen to the mote in gods eye audiobook by larry niven, jerry pournelle. August 7, 1933 september 8, 2017 was an american polymath. Larry niven jerry pournelle buy sample add to wishlist. Lucifers hammer audiobook larry niven, jerry pournelle. He wrote the popular janissaries and codominium series and was the coauthor of several bestselling science fiction novels, including lucifers hammer, the mote in gods eye, and the new york times bestseller footfall. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading footfall. Its magical, because i can read these stories over and over and never tire of them. Jerry pournelle 19332017 was an american science fiction writer, essayist, and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine byte.
Order of larry niven and jerry pournelle books science fiction. Larry niven and jerry pournelle at their best larry niven and jerry pournelle have written a lot of books together, but for me this is their best. The earth faces a terrible challenge from alien invaders from space in this novel by the authors of mote in gods eye 1975. The narration is good, though sometimes the narrator lacks the ability to make voices easily. Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel written by larry niven and jerry pournelle. Burning tower audiobook larry niven, jerry pournelle. Niven and pournelle update dantes inferno from the point of view of a sceptical science fiction writer consigned to hell, visiting the various levels and encountering many familiar characters, believing for. Over the years, to borrow from alan moore, niven grew more like pournelle. Larry niven and jerry pournelle, awardwinning authors of such best sellers as footfall and the legacy of heorot, return us to the mote, and to the universe of kevin renner and horace bury, of.
Heinlein on the mote in gods eye about larry niven. Burning city audio book by larry niven, jerry pournelle. The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called. When niven, pournelle and barnes get together to write a novel well its pure chemistry. Tom clancy they first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from saturn directly toward earth. Footfall by larry niven and jerry pournelle dave nelson. Footfall is a story that takes place in the 1980s when a hostile. A big part of the story is the language used by the aliens.
Larry niven and jerry pournelle have written a lot of books together, but for me this is their best. Audiobooks written by larry niven, jerry pournelle. I picked footfall by larry niven and jerry pournelle up at a used book store a couple of years ago. Larry niven and jerry pournelle do an amazing job of story telling. Brad guy niven and pournelle were under a tight deadline when writing footfall, and they. His collaboration with pournelle to write the mote in gods eye was also brilliant.
To ask other readers questions about footfall, please sign up. The mote in gods eye audiobook larry niven, jerry pournelle. Footfall is a story that takes place in the 1980s when a hostile alien spaceship visits the earth. Footfall audiobook by larry niven, jerry pournelle. Jerry pournelle audiobooks download instantly today. Tom clancy they first appear as a series of dots on astronomical. The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the fithp that have traveled to the solar system from alpha centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a bussard ramjet. Jerry pournelle 19332017 led an adventurous life and wrote an immense quantity of science fact and fiction for over 50 years including the ny times bestsellers lucifers hammer, oath of fealty and footfall with larry niven.
Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by american writers larry niven and jerry pournelle. About footfall nobody does it better than niven and pournelle. Footfall by larry niven and jerry pournelle webscription ebooks. Larry niven is the multiple hugo and nebula awardwinning author of the ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. Footfall 1985 by larry niven and jerry pournelle from couch to. Larry niven, macleod andrews, jerry pournelle, audible studios. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Footfall by larry niven and jerry pournelle sffaudio. Niven and pournelle keep the outcome up in the air right up to the last pages. Mote was my first experience reading niven and pournelle as a team and i was suitably impressed.
I decided to read this novel after finishing a mote in gods eye. With this in mind i bought footfall hoping for more of the same. Understanding a truly alien culture and learning how to confront such an overwhelming power make footfall stand out as an exciting and truly original novel. I finished reading or listening since it was an audio book to larry niven and jerry pournelles mote in gods eye. Order of larry niven and jerry pournelle books science. Larry niven and jerry pournelle, awardwinning authors of such best sellers 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. It was nominated for the both the hugo and locus awards in 1986, and was a no. They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from saturn directly toward earth. Written and set in the 1980s, footfall is a science fiction novel about the earth being attacked by aliens from space. Jerry pournelle audio books, best sellers, author bio.