{"product_id":"building-harlequins-moon-larry-niven-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765389568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765389565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Larry Niven","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925981888767,"sku":"9780765389565","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bd81083e-d436-46e2-8cb5-1c6fa070119b.jpg?v=1681080497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-harlequins-moon-larry-niven-9780765389565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}