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The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot, #1)
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SOLVED: Adult Fiction > SOLVED. Adult Sci-Fi. Colonizing new planet, polygamous relationship. [s]

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Julia Brito- Raymer | 10 comments I believe this book was published between 1985-2005 based on what I remember about the style of the cover art and the writing itself.

The only plot details I remember is that there is a small colony of humans living on an alien planet, and there are definitely large beasts/animals that they battle with. No humanoid alien species as far as I remember. Main character is a male probably mid 20's- 30s. He's torn between two women during the entire book, is eventually separated from the main group with one of the women, and ends up having families with both of them. I think possibly it was because there were very few other men, and the women realized they need to share in order to enjoy their life on this planet?

I wish I could remember more, but that's all I've got!

Pleeeease, someone save me from this nightmare. This book has been in the back of my mind for probably 5 years and I absolutely cannot remember enough details to find it.


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Rainbowheart | 28688 comments Anything on the Polygamy in Fiction list?


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Whipkitty | 104 comments Legacy of Herorot? Niven, Barnes, Parnelle (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...)


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Julia Brito- Raymer | 10 comments Unfortunately, nothing in the Polygamy list, but thank you anyway Rainbow!


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Julia Brito- Raymer | 10 comments Whipkitty wrote: "Legacy of Herorot? Niven, Barnes, Parnelle (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...)"

This could totally be the one! I'm shocked- I'm currenty figuring out how to get my hands on a copy, and I'll update you when I do!


message 6: by Kris (last edited Oct 17, 2022 10:34AM) (new)

Kris | 54958 comments Mod
Here's the Google Books preview of The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven - Whipkitty's suggestion:

https://books.google.com/books/about/... There are different cover images.

Wikipedia's plot summary - with Spoilers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_L...


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Whipkitty | 104 comments Julia wrote: "Whipkitty wrote: "Legacy of Herorot? Niven, Barnes, Parnelle (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...)"

This could totally be the one! I'm shocked- I'm currenty figuring out how to get my ha..."


You can access a copy on Open Library. It is free, once you make an account.


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Julia Brito- Raymer | 10 comments Final update, it was the correct book! Many thanks.


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Whipkitty | 104 comments Cool. Thanks for the update!


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