Larry Niven is een meester in harde sciencefiction, bekend om zijn veelgeprezen werk dat minutieus grote wetenschappelijke concepten en theoretische fysica verkent. Een belangrijke kracht ligt in zijn creatie van grondig ontwikkelde buitenaardse soorten, die zowel fysiek als mentaal van mensen verschillen. Niven integreert vaak elementen van detectivefictie en avonturenverhalen, waardoor spannende plots in zijn verhalen worden verweven. Zijn innovatieve benadering van het genre, die wetenschappelijke nauwkeurigheid en verbeeldingskracht benadrukt, vestigt hem als een belangrijke stem in de hedendaagse sciencefiction.
23 Jahre nach seiner ersten Expedition kehrt Louis Wu zur instabilen Ringwelt zurück, die von Abermilliarden Lebewesen bewohnt wird und droht, in den Stern zu stürzen. Bei dem Versuch, die Katastrophe abzuwenden, entdeckt Wu mehr über die geheimnisvollen Erbauer der Ringwelt. Der zweite Band des Ringwelt-Zyklus von Larry Niven.
"Here's an author you definitely need to check out."--Asimov's Science Fiction On the Moon's far side, shielded from Earth's radio cacophony, Americans are building a radio-astronomy observatory. Russians sift the dust of a lunar "sea" for helium-3 to run future fusion reactors. Commercial robots, remotely operated from Earth, roam the Moon's near side in a hunt for mineral wealth. Why chase distant asteroids for precious metals? Onetime asteroids must lie close beneath the much-bombarded lunar surface. Then a prospecting robot encounters a desiccated, spacesuited figure. An alien figure .... Americans from the lunar observatory investigate. Near the original find, underground, they discover an alien installation. Lunar Russians, realizing that the Americans are up to something clandestine, send their own small team. Each group distrusts the other ... even before the fatal "accidents" begin. By the time anyone suspects what ancient evil they have awakened, it may be too late-- For everyone on Earth, too.
"Avalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named "grendels" were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon's new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost in the Grendel Wars. Humans would have power, and with power came the ability to make all the necessities for life. They would survive. They would not survive as a spacefaring people. What they were losing faster than they knew was the ability to get to space. But unbeknownst to the planet-bound humans, something was moving out there in the stars, decelerating at a rate impossible for a natural object. And its destination was Avalon. The most probable origin was Earth's Solar System. This is a novel of first contact-between the human Starborn and the self-named Godsons who followed on, between the first generation of Avalon born humans and their descendants, and between humans and the almost ineffably alien species native to their new world ..."-- Provided by publisher
Seit Jahrzehnten führen die raumfahrenden Spezies Krieg um die Ringwelt. Sie ist das größte Artefakt der Galaxis mit heißbegehrten Ressourcen und Technologien. Doch ohne Vorwarnung ist die Ringwelt verschwunden und hat drei rivalisierende Kriegsflotten zurückgelassen. Die konzentrieren sich nun auf das nächst wertvollere Ziel: Das Volk der Puppenspieler, für die dies der Untergang bedeuten könnte.
KontaktaufnahmeDie SunSeeker befindet sich auf der größten Mission in der Geschichte der Menschheit: Erstmals verlässt ein Expeditionsteam unser Sonnensystem, um die Weiten des Universums zu erforschen. Doch auf dem Weg zu den Sternen stößt die Besatzung der SunSeeker auf einen künstlichen Stern, der um ein Vielfaches größer als die Erde ist – und außerdem bewohnt! Das Team macht sich auf, das gigantische Objekt zu erkunden, und stößt dabei auf Geheimnisse, die die Rolle der Menschheit im Universum grundlegend infrage stellen.
In Bowl of Heaven , the first collaboration by science fiction masters Larry Niven ( Ringworld ) and Gregory Benford ( Timescape ), the limits of wonder are redrawn once again as a human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowlshaped structure half-englobing a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths…and it's on a direct path heading for the same system as the human ship. A landing party is sent to investigate the Bowl, but when the explorers are separated—one group captured by the gigantic structure's alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape—the mystery of the Bowl's origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that will transform their understanding of their place in the universe.
Set in 2085, the story unfolds in a solar system where humanity has established colonies and tourism on the Moon is booming. Tensions rise as a stable lunar colony seeks independence, exploring themes of autonomy and the complexities of interplanetary relationships. As the narrative develops, it delves into the societal and political implications of this burgeoning independence movement, reflecting on humanity's expansion and the challenges that come with it.
Das Volk der Puppenspieler ist überaus ängstlich. Während ihrer Flucht vor der Supernova im Zentrum der Galaxis haben sie viele Gefahren nur knapp überlebt. Sie ahnen nicht, dass ihnen die größte Katastrophe erst noch bevorsteht ... die endgültige Auslöschung durch einen mächtigen Feind.
"An unexpected sequel from the universe of The mote in God's eye and The gripping hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle"--Cover
Exploring the dynamics between Humans and Puppeteers, this novel delves into the intricate relationships and events that precede the acclaimed Ringworld series. Collaborating with Edward M. Lerner, Niven expands his Known Space universe, offering a fresh perspective on its lore. The narrative sets the stage for the conflicts and alliances that shape the future of this richly imagined world.