The Descent of Anansi [Paperback]

Larry Niven; Steven Barnes; Jerry Pournelle (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Orbit; paperback / softback edition (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708881025
• ISBN-13: 978-0708881026
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,154,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Descent of Anansi, August 29, 2000

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Eddie Guimont (Glastonbury, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Descent of Anansi (School & Library Binding)

In the not-so-distant future, Falling Angel Industries is headquartered on a Lunar-orbiting space station, constructed from used STS External Tanks. FA has just produced 1,400 kilometers of the strongest cable ever produced-single-crystal iron suspended in an epoxy matrix, .8 millimeters thick. Two companies- Brazil Techimotores-Electronics and Oyama Construction have bidded for the cable, and Oyama has won. Transporting the cable from Falling Angel to LEO via the Space Shuttle Anansi/Ion Drive Tug Gabriel, the six-day voyage gives BTE enough time to join forces with a group of Iranian terrorists. Stealing and launching a Soviet Prometheus ground-to-orbit missile, they destroy the Gabriel and cripple the Anansi and cable re-entry pod, also killing an Anansi crewmember. With the Anansi stranded in orbit, with no way to re-enter and no way to get back to Falling Angel, BTE launches two Space Shuttles. Their mission: retrieve the cable, and finish the job that the missile didn't complete . . . . Destroy the Anansi and her crew.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great read!, August 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Descent of Anansi (Mass Market Paperback)

Wonderful book ! Pay no attention to other carping comments.The book that made me understand about tides. It has believable characters, great plot, tension--this should be made into a movie. I'm already casting the principal characters in my mind...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars decent read, August 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Descent of Anansi (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is a fluffy but fun read about some Brazilians going to the moon. It has a large cast of characters with difficult names. It reminds one of "Outland" more than any known space books. What the heck...it's a hoot. Not much substance but an entertaining airplane book.