The Dragons of Heorot

by Larry Niven

Other authorsJerry Pournelle (Author), Steven Barnes (Author)
Hardcover, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Library's review

Indeholder "Prologue. Campfire", "Part One. Ice on Their Minds", " 1. The Return", " 2. Mother Eel", " 3. Ice on Their Minds", " 4. Mount Tushmore", " 5. The Modern Prometheus", " 6. Surf's Up", " 7. The Mainland", " 8. The Grendel God", " 9. Paradise", " 10. The First Church of the Grendel", " 11.
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Invisible Death", " 12. Paradise Lost", " 13. Evacuation", " 14. The Trial", " 15. The Verdict", " 16. Three Seductions", " 17. Edgar's Storm", " 18. Robor", "Part Two. Grendels", " 19. Victory", " 20. Scribeveldt and Eden Hill", " 21. The Roundup", " 22. Ghosts and Weirds", " 23. Conquest", " 24. Mistress", " 25. Asia Minor", " 26. Demons", " 27. Geographic", " 28. Tithe", " 29. Children of the Dream", " 30. Family Ties", " 31. Firecrackers", " 32. The Beavers", " 33. Love and Fear", " 34. The Devils Sing", " 35. Autopsy", " 36. Bee Hunt", " 37. Thunder", " 38. The Gathering Storm", " 39. Bees", " 40. Death", " 41. Choices", "Epilogue. The Shaman".

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Publication

Gollancz (1995), Hardcover, 448 pages

Description

Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: BOOK TWO IN THE CLASSIC HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES. Some twenty years have passed since the passengers and crew of the starship Geographic established a colony on the hostile alien world of Avalon. In that time, a new generation has grown up in the peace and serenity of the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought between their parents and grandparents and the monstrous inhabitants of Avalon. Now, under the influence of a charismatic leader, a group of young rebels makes for the mainland, intent on establishing their own colony, sure that they can vanquish any foe that should stand in their way. But they will soon discover that Avalon holds darker secrets still. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management)..… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member mah048
A sequel to Legacy of Heorot. Like many sequels, its decent but not as compelling as the first.
LibraryThing member orderflow
Not as good as the legacy, but interesting enough for a sequel.
LibraryThing member Karlstar
Not nearly as good as the first book in the series, this is still a good book. It continues to follow the colonists of Earth's first colony outside the solar system, as they struggle with the planet and politics. Now that they have survived the troubles from Legacy of Heorot, they still have
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problems with the planets 'unintelligent' species, plus their own unruly second generation. An excellent look at what troubles may come up when colonizing a fertile planet. Well written and with good characters.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1995-04

Physical description

448 p.; 23.4 cm

ISBN

0575056592 / 9780575056596

Local notes

Omslag: Peter Mennim
Omslaget viser en drage set så tæt på at man ser landskabet omkring genspejlet i dens øje
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi

Pages

448

Library's rating

Rating

½ (185 ratings; 3.5)

DDC/MDS

813.54
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