{"product_id":"building-harlequins-moon-9780765389565","title":"Building Harlequin's Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first interstellar starship, \u003ci\u003eJohn Glenn\u003c\/i\u003e, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine\/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology, and rife with political dangers. The \u003ci\u003eJohn Glenn\u003c\/i\u003e's crew intended to terraform the nearly pristine planet Ymir, in hopes of creating a utopian society that would limit intelligent technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut by some miscalculation they have landed in another solar system and must shape the gas giant planet Harlequin's moon, Selene, into a new, temporary home. Their only hope of ever reaching Ymir is to rebuild their store of antimatter by terraforming the moon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGabriel, the head terraformer, must lead this nearly impossible task, with all the wrong materials: the wrong ships and tools, and too few resources. His primary tools are the uneducated and nearly-illiterate children of the original colonists, born and bred to build Harlequin's moon into an antimatter factory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRachel Vanowen is one of these children. Basically a slave girl, she must do whatever the terraforming Council tells her. She knows that Council monitors her actions from a circling vessel above Selene's atmosphere, and is responsible for everything Rachel and her people know, as well as all the skills, food, and knowledge they have ever received. With no concept of the future and a life defined with duty, how will the children of Selene ever survive once the Council is through terraforming and have abandoned Selene for its ultimate goal of Ymir?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Niven, Brenda Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765389565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Niven\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces, and fantasy novels including the Magic Goes Away series. He has received the Nebula Award, five Hugos, four Locus Awards, two Ditmars, the Prometheus, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award, among other honors. He lives in Chatsworth, California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Silver Ship series--\u003ci\u003eThe Silver Ship and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReading the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWings of Creation\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also published many short stories, including a collaboration with Larry Niven--Ice and Mirrors--in Scatterbrain. She lives in Kirkland, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40123243757683,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e4458a93-8dc1-40a9-a7a3-f8273785f8ad.jpg?v=1653834786","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/building-harlequins-moon-9780765389565","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}