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Beowulf's Children (Mass Market Paperback)

by Larry Niven (Author), Steven Barnes (Author), Jerry Pournelle (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books; 1st Mass Market Ed edition (31 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812524969
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812524963
  • Product Dimensions: 16.4 x 10.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 361,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"The best in the field."--Tom Clancy"Don't miss this one."--"Starlog""The team of Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven is one the best in science fiction....In "The Legacy of Heorot" they are joined by Steven Barnes for a tale of space conquest that makes "Aliens" look like a Disney nature film...."--"The Washington Times"

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On Tau Ceti Four, the descendants of the original two hundred colonists fight to keep control of a land populated with beasts known as grendels.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Beware Europeans, 5 April 1999
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This book is identical in content to 'The Dragons of Heorot' ISBN 1-85723-373-5
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent adventure which easily stands on it's own., 16 Feb 1999
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Once again, I have stumbled into a series from the wrong direction. I finished "Beowolfe's Children" before reading "The Legacy Of Heorot," and in fact, did not realize it was a sequel until I was over fifty pages into the novel. I didn't miss a thing. I can easily say this story stands on it's own. The characters are well drawn, the background intriguing, and the action non-stop. Someday, I am sure I will find a Niven-Pournelle-Barnes collaboration I don't like. But this isn't it. I heartily recommend "Beowolfe's Children."
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Doubt if Niven and Pournelle wrote much of this., 8 Mar 1997
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This continuance of the excellent story of The Legacy of Heorot is a huge disappointment, full of editing errors and downright sloppy writing. I was amazed that I considered not finishing a book with Niven's name on the cover, but after the zillionth dredging up of sexual mores among the colonists and useless paragraphs devoted to coffee (which contained glaring factual errors), I was almost fed up. I don't believe Niven nor Pournelle had much to do with this project and that their names appear solely to command $4 per word from the publisher. Their respective writing styles are absent except for some obvious cut and paste operations, and the book is a dismal failure. Barnes is written all over this book and it shows.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Eagerly awaited, yet a tad dissapointing
Fun and entertaining, but no-where near as amazing as Legacy. Interesting developments with Avalon ecology, but nothing as intrinsicaly astonishing and unpredictable as Legacy and... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Greater than the first novel!
Maybe that the charactar of Aaron is not realy realistic. But does this really matter? The novel covers everything that plays a role in human and social relationships:... Read more
Published on 28 Jul 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Entrancing
This book was wonderful. I couldn't stop reading it. The Niven/Pournelle/Barnes triad is in top form here. Lots of great ideas and interesting ground covered. Read more
Published on 2 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad, but disappointing overall
The Legacy of Heorot may have been just too big of an act to follow. The sequel was enjoyable reading, but just doesn't have the "in-your-face" impact of the original... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars A good sequel to Legacy of Herot
This book explores how a new generation of children, born on an alien world, would act. There's a subliminal question in the text, that asks, how much of what we are, as humans,... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars WHAT'S UP WIT' DAT?!!!
This book was a real let down. After being completely impressed and blown away by "The Legacy of Heorot" I had expected great things from this sequel. Pffft... Read more
Published on 2 Dec 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible! Niven, how could you?
Until this book, I had never read a Niven book I didn't like. Ugh! Choppy writing, gratuitous sex, gratuitous violence, unlikeable characters, and a storyline that never went... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
I really, really liked this book. I accidentally read it before Heorot, so I am shopping here to purchase it. However. I really liked this book and it was thrilling read. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Not as clever, but even more exciting than _Legacy_
I find myself forced into the role of being a _Beowulf's Children_ apologist. I will have to admit right away that the ingenios ecology of _legacy of Heorot_ is missing from this... Read more
Published on 29 May 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASY AT ITS BEST!!!!
This novel in my opinion is probably one of Niven best. The charachters where well wrote. Once you pick up this book your part of the story. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 1998

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