The Descent of Anansi
โ Scribed by Larry Niven; Steven Barnes
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated;Futura
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0708881025
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โฆ Synopsis
Product Description
It's the American Revolution all over again. But this time it's a ragtag band of space colonists vs. the United States. And the fate of the world hangs by a thread--200 miles above the earth.
About the Author
Born in Los Angeles in 1952, Steven Barnes began writing at the age of five, and since that time has published over two million words. His first published collaboration, "The Locusts," was nominated for the 1980 Hugo award, and his Outer Limits episode "A Stitch In Time" was nominated for a Cable Ace Award and won an Emmy for Amanda Plummer. He also wrote a one-woman show based on the life of Bessie Coleman (the first Black Aviatrix), been the Kung-Fu columnist for Black Belt Magazine (he holds dan rankings in Judo and Karate), and served as the host of the world's longest-running science fiction radio show, Hour 25. Currently living in Washington State with his wife, Novelist Tananarive Due and his daughter Lauren Nicole, Steven is working on a series of novels set in prehistoric Africa, for which he recently spent two weeks on Tanzania's Serengeti plain.
Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His_ Beowulf's Children_, co-authored with Jeery Pournelle and Steven Barnes was a_ New York Times_ bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
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