Limits (Orbit Books)

by Larry Niven

Book Overview

A masterful mix of fantasy and science fiction. LIMITS. Two aliens fascinated by man's fondness for defining boundaries decide to make sure he doesn't get out of the habit. THE LION IN HIS ATTIC.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708882013
• ISBN13: 9780708882016
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Orbit / Futura Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not Free SF Reader

This collection boasts a few team-ups, one of which is the Hugo nominated Locusts story, and Talisman is a standard second world fantasy type story, to go along with the other miscellaneous sf stories. The second part of the book contains several of the tales from the Draco's Tavern setting. A reasonable set of stories, having a 3.36 average. Limits : The Lion in His Attic - Larry Niven Limits : Spirals - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Limits : A Teardrop Falls - Larry Niven Limits : Talisman - Larry Niven and Dian Girard Limits : Flare Time - Larry Niven Limits : The Locusts - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes Limits : Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard - Larry Niven Limits : Table Manners - Larry Niven Limits : The Green Marauder - Larry Niven Limits : War Movie - Larry Niven Limits : The Real Thing - Larry Niven Limits : Limits - Larry Niven Weres dinner. 3 out of 5 Funeral for a Moonbase shanghai mutiny friend. 4 out of 5 Berserker fortress upload takeover return revenge. 3.5 out of 5 Worth her weight in gold. 3.5 out of 5 Fuxed up entertainment production mission. 3.5 out of 5 Monkey kid evolutionary peak. 4 out of 5 Hunting games. 2.5 out of 5 Old tourist fancies a drink. 3 out of 5 Pacificism ain't entertainment. 3.5 out of 5 Imported booze. 3 out of 5 Casual immortality cutoff. 3.5 out of 5 3.5 out of 5