- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Tor Science Fiction; First Edition edition (April 15 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812512928
- ISBN-13: 978-0812512922
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 172 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #943,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It's the American Revolution all over again. But this time it's a ragtag band of space colonists vs. the United States. And the fate of the world hangs by a thread--200 miles above the earth.
About the Author
LARRY NIVEN is the award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces, and fantasy novels including the Magic Goes Away series. He has received the Nebula Award, five Hugos, four Locus Awards, two Ditmars, the Prometheus, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award, among other honors. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
STEVEN BARNES’ first published collaboration with Larry Niven, The Locusts, was nominated for the 1980 Hugo award. He has also written several episodes for The Outer Limits, Baywatch, and other television shows.
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On October 16, 1970, the Comsat Board of Directors declared a dividend of 12.5 cents per share. Read the first page
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On October 16, 1970, the Comsat Board of Directors declared a dividend of 12.5 cents per share. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
great book,
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This review is from: The Descent of Anansi (Mass Market Paperback)
In the tradition to similar works by Niven and Barnes (Dream Park Fro example) this is a great read and is well written. I would recommend this to anyone who likes science fiction of a "harder" nature written about realistic characters and set with a background of corporate plotting.
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The Descent of Anansi,
By Eddie Guimont (Glastonbury, CT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Descent of Anansi (School & Library Binding)
In the not-so-distant future, Falling Angel Industries is headquartered on a Lunar-orbiting space station, constructed from used STS External Tanks. FA has just produced 1,400 kilometers of the strongest cable ever produced-single-crystal iron suspended in an epoxy matrix, .8 millimeters thick. Two companies- Brazil Techimotores-Electronics and Oyama Construction have bidded for the cable, and Oyama has won. Transporting the cable from Falling Angel to LEO via the Space Shuttle Anansi/Ion Drive Tug Gabriel, the six-day voyage gives BTE enough time to join forces with a group of Iranian terrorists. Stealing and launching a Soviet Prometheus ground-to-orbit missile, they destroy the Gabriel and cripple the Anansi and cable re-entry pod, also killing an Anansi crewmember. With the Anansi stranded in orbit, with no way to re-enter and no way to get back to Falling Angel, BTE launches two Space Shuttles. Their mission: retrieve the cable, and finish the job that the missile didn't complete . . . . Destroy the Anansi and her crew.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Readable,
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This review is from: The Descent of Anansi (Mass Market Paperback)
I had a bit of trouble following some of what was going on. The romance seemed a bit forced to make the story more interesting.
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