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Bestselling science fiction superstars Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle combine their talents with those of Steven Barnes in an extraordinary adventure of humankind's first outpost in the farthest reaches of space. Light years from Earth, colonists land on a planet they name Avalon. It seems like a paradise-until native creatures savagely attack. It will take every bit of intelligence, courage, and military-style discipline to survive.… (altro)
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Thou must now look to the needs of the nation;
Here dwell I no longer for Destiny calleth me!
Bid thou my warriors after my funeral pyre
Build me a burial-cairn high on the sea-cliff's head;
So that the wayfarers Beowulf's Barrow
Henceforth shall name it.
Thou art the last of all the kindred of Wagmund!
Wyrd has swept all my kin all the brave chiefs away!
Now I must follow them!
Beowulf, King of the Geats
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Jack Cohen is one of the world's experts on fertility and reproduction. He is also a rabid science fiction fan who - inspired by his knowledge of the queerer forms of earthly life - constantly generates new concepts for aliens. He tends to give his aliens away to whatever science fiction writer is standing nearest.
He was at Larry Niven's house when he described an African frog with nasty habits.
It's been a long time, Jack. Thanks for waiting.
Incipit
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'Cadzie! ...'
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The virtues of the warrior, since ancient times: Protection of the Innocent, Courage in Battle. The greatest of them was Loyalty to the King.
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And perhaps, just perhaps, there was no dragon after all.
Bestselling science fiction superstars Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle combine their talents with those of Steven Barnes in an extraordinary adventure of humankind's first outpost in the farthest reaches of space. Light years from Earth, colonists land on a planet they name Avalon. It seems like a paradise-until native creatures savagely attack. It will take every bit of intelligence, courage, and military-style discipline to survive.
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Science Fiction book about Space Colonization
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