steven barnes

The book must be at least 30 years old. I read it as a child and forgot the title. Our library had horror books of Stephen King, Dean Kootz, Peter Straub, John Saul but i can't find it. It's about a group of people colonizing an alien planet. It seems calm but then the fish in the river start...

I've tonight downloaded this ebook, Starborn and Godsons, it's 'blurbed' as the fourth and final book in the Legacy of Heorot series. This has flummoxed me, as I didn't even know there was a third in the series - now I'll have to get that before I can read this one.

All I can remember is newly colonized planet (I think). There were nasty predators that they wiped out, only to find out a few seasons later that they were needed to control an even nastier threat. I'd love to read it again if I could remember the name and/or author. Thanks for any help.

Beowulf’s Children Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes Tor, Aug 2009, $14.99 ISBN: 9780765320889 Upon their arrival on Avalon the Earth Born never fully recovered from the extended hibernation whereas their Star Born children have thrived. The Earth Born have not forgotten their...

I read this book around 1998 so some of the details may be hazy. I think there was 2 different races of humans one being normal and one being very strong. The main character is a normal human but one who is very strong. There are 3 points in the book that stuck with me. - the main...

I am looking for a book that I read, probably in 1988 or 1989. I don't know if the book was current then or if it had been published earlier. Basic story line is, a group from earth established a colony on a distant planet. Surroundings are compatible and food sources are available. At some...

Please help. What s the sci if book where explorers crash on a utopian like land only to discover that the food source turn into deadly monsters? I think the food source was salmon. Thanks

Hello could do with some help tracking down novel. Cannot remember Author or title just parts of the plot. Group of people at virtual reality park when a couple of murders occur, killer uses pheromone spray to cause some actors in the park to go insane. Some of the actors for battle scenes...

I read a book some time ago about a null-g fighter framed for a crime and sent to prison, anyone remember this one? Thanks for any help you may provide.

Read this some years ago and can't for the life of me remember title or author. The plot consisted of an incredibly aggressive alien stalking a human colonisation group on an alien planet. Alternating chapters seen from the point of view of the alien and the colonists. The alien had a super...

Hi I am trying to find a short story I read many years ago. It was probably during the late 70s or early 80s.All I remember about it was that colonists started being attacked by an elusive but highly efficient killer. This was a shock as the only wildlife they had found on the world (it might...

I'm looking for the name of a standalone novel from the early 90's maybe that involves a cop going undercover to find a murderer in a live action role playing game that is broadcast on tv. It's set in the future (of course) and is about a small group of 10 or so who have to get to the end of...

I can clearly remember that at one particular point in my life when I decided that I loved SF and that I would do my damndest to read as much of it as possible. It was the day that I finished, for the first of many times, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle’s colonization and biological SF...

This novel was first published in 1981 and I read it not long after. I thoroughly enjoyed it then, and was pleased to return to it when it was selected for the Modern Science Fiction discussion group, particularly since I remembered nothing about the plot. The story is set on Earth some time...

About 15 years ago read excellent sci fi book. Setting: Some humans were trying to settle on a new planet. Their main problem was a huge amphibian beast that moved unbelievably fast. Apart from the humans, it fed on a local small friendly furry species. Humans eventually defeat beast (and it's...

Pournelle, Nivern and Barnes:- Legacy of Heorot Ok, I know its three different authors but they have to fit in somewhere. The book? Its a fantastic story. 200 humans and a ship full of frozen animal embryo's arrive at a planet called Tau Ceti four and set up a base on a small island next to a...