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Building Harlequin's Moon | 
 enlarge | Author: Brenda Cooper
Publisher: Tor,U.S.
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 191693
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1st mass market e.
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0765351293
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765351296
ASIN: 0765351293
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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 Disappointing April 6, 2008
Paul Goucher
I had great hopes for this book but it turned out to be about a spaceship lost with elements of a desert island but most time taken up in the master / slave relationtionships.
The idea of building a world by crashing moonlets together is original, but the timescale (60,000 years) meant that most crew spent the time 'on ice' - which left me cold. They could have hollowed out the moons much faster.
However, the reason that the ship left Earth (out of control AIs, Cyborgs, etc) I found very interesting. If ever they write a PREQUEL I will gladly read it.
It's not Niven August 15, 2005
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
Be aware that this isn't really a Larry Niven book - it's Brenda Cooper's work, supported by Niven. As such, it lacks the big hard science we've come to expect from Niven science fiction. What science and astronomy there is is offered rather nervously, and is poorly worked out. Those who see Niven as first-credited author and so expect vintage Niven SF will therefore be disappointed.
That said, this is a good story, driven by rounded, believable characters who are trapped in a very plausible conflict.
 a surprisingly good read July 14, 2005
D. J. Plews (Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
"Everybody" knows who Larry Niven is, but Brenda Cooper?
Who cares, this is a really good story, strong characters, great technologies. A group of professionals leaving an AI/nanotechnology overrun Earth in a huge slower than light starship the John Glenn. The first of three heading for a planet Ymir. But the John Glenn has a design flaw and is nearly destroyed. It signals the problem back to Earth and then has to find a stellar system to divert to to make repairs and refuel. The subsequenty story is about the task of surviving and building the resources/equipment to get the John Glenn to Ymri, but there is human conflict. To give more detail would spoil it. Read it! One of the key perceptions of a good book for me is, do I want to read more. And I do! What happens next? I must know!
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