Building Harlequin's Moon

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3.9
52 reviews
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The Hugo Award–winning author reunites with his acclaimed coauthor in "a multi-generational, star-spanning epic with intriguing, fast-paced action" ( New York Times– bestselling author Brian Herbert).

Fleeing a solar system overrun by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, the crew of the starship John Glenn set course for the pristine planet Ymir. But their plan to terraform Ymir and create a utopian society that limits technology is thrown wildly off course when they find themselves in the wrong solar system.
To one day reach Ymir, they must first shape the planet Harlequin's moon, Selene, into a new, temporary home. Gabriel, the head terraformer, must lead the project with all the wrong materials and too few resources. At his disposal are the 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. She knows that the terraforming Council monitors her actions from a circling vessel above Selene's atmosphere. She also knows that these overseers are responsible for all of her people's food, skills, and knowledge. But she begins to wonder what will become of her people once Selene is abandoned for Ymir . . .

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3.9
52 reviews
A Google user
November 15, 2011
This was a good book, though it didn't quite live up to the premise in my view. I prefer Niven's solo work like Destiny's Road, and this story has a very different feeling because of the coauthor. It made me wonder if she is moving in the direction is scifi romance, because something along those lines was definitely coming through. Overall though, it's a really creative idea and an interesting story, worth reading for fans of Niven or the genre.
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Donald Wormley
April 16, 2015
I've read some Niven's other offering an I have enjoyed then. But this one never really grabbed me at any time. I made to the end, hoping it would pick up but a last it did not.
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John Lindgram
June 25, 2013
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About the author

LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His Beowulf's Children, co-authored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
BRENDA COOPER has published many short stories, including a collaboration, Ice and Mirrors, with Larry Niven in Scatterbrain. She lives in Kirkland, Washington.

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