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The Best of Larry Niven

The Best of Larry Niven

Larry Niven

Whether this is your first time in Known Space or you're visiting old friends in Draco's Tavern, The Best of Larry Niven is unforgettable.
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven

Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven

Larry Niven

Thirteen tales of man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy.
Burning Tower

Burning Tower

Larry Niven

Filled with the sweeping adventure, memorable characters, and imaginative world-building that have defined the novels of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Burning Tower is another triumph.
Playgrounds of the Mind

Playgrounds of the Mind

Larry Niven

"-Locus "Niven's most representative work.... Highly recommended."-Booklist "Many of these stories are acknowledged classics...an excellent volume for confirmed fans or new readers alike.
The Mote in God's Eye

The Mote in God's Eye

Larry Niven

The accidental killing of a group of emissaries to Earth threatens man's survival
The Gripping Hand

The Gripping Hand

Larry Niven

A quarter century after humanity quarantines the aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system, the single wall between them and the galaxy beyond begins to crumble. Reprint.
Rainbow Mars

Rainbow Mars

Larry Niven

Future environmentalist Hanville Svetz travels back in time to retrieve extinct life forms and investigate the mystery of the past inhabitants of the Red Planet.
Bowl of Heaven

Bowl of Heaven

Larry Niven

None of them can ever have imagined, however, what they will find along the way. A gargantuan object, with its own star nestled inside. BOWL OF HEAVEN.
Stars and Gods: A Collection of Fact, Fiction & Wit

Stars and Gods: A Collection of Fact, Fiction & Wit

Larry Niven

Here are choice excerpts from his most recent novels, including Ringworld's Child, as well as short stories, non-fiction, interviews, editorials, collaborations, and correspondence.
The Burning City

The Burning City

Jerry Pournelle

Set in the world of Larry Niven's popular The Magic Goes Away, The Burning City transports readers to an enchanted ancient city bearing a provocative resemblance to our own modern society.
Shipstar

Shipstar

Larry Niven

When a landing party is sent to find out why, the Shipstar is on the same trajectory as a human party, half of the group is captured, the other half must go on the run from the bizarre inhabitants.
David Niven: The Man Behind the Balloon

David Niven: The Man Behind the Balloon

Michael Munn

This compelling text includes interviews with his second wife, Hjordis, John Huston, Rex Harrison, Laurence Olivier, Loretta Young (they discussed marriage once), Niven’s long-time friend Michael Trubshawe, Peter Ustinov, Ava Gardner and ...
In Larry's Name, Amen

In Larry's Name, Amen

Steve Marshall

You see, the Apocalypse is coming in three days and it's up to Larry to deal with it. Should be a snap for the Son of Man, right? Tell that to Larry Feingold. IN LARRY'S NAME, AMEN is proof positive that God has a sense of humor.
Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction

Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction

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This book is divided into three parts: "Searchings: The Quest for the Alien” includes "The Aliens in Our Mind,” by Larry Niven; "Effing the Ineffable,” by Gregory Benford; "Border Patrols,” by Michael Beehler; "Alien Aliens,” by ...
Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One

Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One

Larry Niven

In Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One, two-hundred-year-old human Louis Wu is recruited by a two-headed alien named Nessus to join him, a catlike warrior alien named Speaker, and the infinitely lucky human Teela Brown to explore an ...
Larry Larsen's Guide to South Florida Bass Waters

Larry Larsen's Guide to South Florida Bass Waters

Larry Larsen

Larry Larsen. Larry Larsen's Guide to South Florida Bass Waters by Larry Larsen Book III in the Bass Waters Series by Larsen's Outdoor Publishing Copyright © 1992 by Larry Larsen All rights reserved. No Title Page.
Happenstance: the husband's story

Happenstance: the husband's story

Carol Shields

Chapter Twelve B ERNIE ASKED: 'WHAT'S LARRY CARPENTER LIKE, ANYWAY?' What was he like? Jack hesitated, thinking of Larry's successful, intelligent face and narrow late-thirties body. He liked Larry well enough when they were ...
READER'S DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS VOLUME 5 1989

READER'S DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS VOLUME 5 1989

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"After you picked out Larry Moody in the lineup — from looking at his back — did the men in the lineup turn around?" "Yes, sir, they did." "Was that the first time you saw Larry Moody 's face?" "Yes, sir, it was." Will turned to Larry. "Larry, remove ...
Last of the True Irish

Last of the True Irish

Larry Hoefling

Larry Hoefling. A Novel LAIT OF TH€ ,1, TRVE 1% IRISH LARRY J. HOEFLINC LAST OF THE TRUE IRISH Larry J. Hoefling iUniverse, Inc. Front Cover.
Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections ...

Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections ...

Larry L. King

From the archives of the Southwestern Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University, former curator Richard Holland has selected from among thousands of Larry L. King letters those dealing with the daily warp and woof of an ...
Vietnam Larry Graham

Vietnam Larry Graham

Priscilla T Graham

Priscilla T Graham. Dear Larry, You're the sweetest person I've ever known. I'll never forget you ever. Love you always, Diane Lovejoy the one and only Larry Graham, the Lover... Marie. 19.
Pittsburg County

Pittsburg County

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Larry J. Hoefling. of America Pittsburg County Larry J. Hoefling ARCADIA PUBLISHING Copyright © 2008 by Larry J. Hoefling ISBN 978-0-7385-51824 Published.
Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War

Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War

Larry Bond

In Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War, New York Times bestselling authors Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice imagine a horrifying near-future immersed in global war.
Ashe County: A History

Ashe County: A History

Arthur Lloyd Fletcher

... 1934, P. G. Wright, Larry P. Colvard; 1935, Larry P. Colvard, E. D. Barr; 1936, Larry P. Colvard, E. D. Barr; 1937, E. D. Barr, Guy T. Badger; 1938, J. B. Hash, Charles S. McNeill; 1939, Jack G. Rhodes, Glenn Graybeal; 1940, William B. Austin, ...
Siegel's Criminology

Siegel's Criminology

Larry J. Siegel

Larry J. Siegel. Student Introduction This study guide was designed and written to introduce students to the study of criminology by helping them master the important concepts and principles presented in Larry Siegel's Criminology, 9th edition, ...
Masculinity & Morality

Masculinity & Morality

Larry May

What does it mean to be a morally responsible man? Philosopher Larry May argues against standard accounts of traditional male behavior.
Larry Larsen on Bass Tactics: How You Catch More and Bigger Bass

Larry Larsen on Bass Tactics: How You Catch More and Bigger Bass

Larry Larsen

Larry Larsen on Bass Tactics is the ultimate how-to book that focuses on proven productive methods.
Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American Song

Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American Song

Larry David Smith

Larry David Smith. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Larry David. Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American song I Larry David Smith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-275- 97393-X ...

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