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Burning Tower
Return to the "vivid and unusual" (Kirkus Reviews) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City, where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their history.
Unfortunately, a fiery fate isn't the only danger the town is facing. From out of the desert come monsters -- great b
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Published
December 1st 2006
by Pocket
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Pournelle and Niven are capable of great things - of this there is no doubt. Mote in God's Eye is just a terrific book. Burning Tower is not Mote, but it's not dreck either. It's a good book with an interesting premise. Set in the pre-history of North America, at a time when magic (manna) had not yet faded and some gods still clung to existence, Burning Tower tells the story of a civilization, the Lords, who are at once confronting the return of magic to their lands even as magic is slowly l...more
Feels like a formula fantasy book written to be one of many in a series. You know the style. But, you never loose the feel of a Niven/Pournelle novel either. There's attention to detail in lots of areas most authours ignore, and some more typical details breezed right past. If you enjoy their style, you'll enjoy the book.
I do wish they could have set up the climax better - they ended up reducing the IQ of the entire cast by about 50 points temporarily to pull it off, the ones they...more
I do wish they could have set up the climax better - they ended up reducing the IQ of the entire cast by about 50 points temporarily to pull it off, the ones they...more
I wish Niven would return to Known Space. This universe is interesting, but not compelling.
It took me a couple of months to get through this one. I set it down and went on to read other books, and returned to it out of a feeling of duty.
As with all of the collaborations of Niven and Pournelle, it had a good plot and engaging characters. I simply do not care for this universe. It seems to work better for short stories than for novels. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more i...more
It took me a couple of months to get through this one. I set it down and went on to read other books, and returned to it out of a feeling of duty.
As with all of the collaborations of Niven and Pournelle, it had a good plot and engaging characters. I simply do not care for this universe. It seems to work better for short stories than for novels. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more i...more
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Usual Niven/Pournelle offering, solidly written, really no new ideas, and some social Darwinism subtext that is getting a little boring in their writing. Solid enough read, eve3n if you haven't read the first one.
Good, but somewhat simplistic. Sandry knows magic and gods are real, but keeps doubting them for no reason.
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Laurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. The creation of thoroughly worked-out alien species, which are very different from humans both physically and mentally, is recognized as one of Niven's main strengths...more
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