The Goliath Stone

By Larry Niven

Book Overview

The Goliath Stone is a visionary new tale from Larry Niven and Matthew Joseph Harrington. Doctor Toby Glyer has effected miracle cures with the use of nanotechnology. But Glyer's controversial nanites are more than just the latest technological advance, they are a new form of life--and they have more uses than just medical. Glyer's nanites also have the potential to make everyone on Earth rich from the wealth of asteroids. Twenty-five years ago, the Briareus mission took nanomachinery out to divert an Earth-crossing asteroid and bring it back to be mined, only to drop out of contact as soon as it reached its target. The project was shut down and the technology was forcibly suppressed. Now, a much, much larger asteroid is on a collision course with Earth--and the Briareus nanites may be responsible. While the government scrambles to find a solution, Glyer knows that their only hope of avoiding Armageddon lies in the nanites themselves. On the run, Glyer must track down his old partner, William Connors, and find a way to make contact with their wayward children. As every parent learns, when you produce a new thinking being, the plans it makes are not necessarily your plans. But with a two-hundred-gigaton asteroid that rivals the rock that felled the dinosaurs hurtling toward Earth, Glyer and Connors don't have time to argue. Will Glyer's nanites be Earth's salvation or destruction?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765333236
• ISBN13: 9780765333230
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Giggles and Snickers all the way through

Uproariously humorous and full of joy for the fully engaged fan of Niven and Harrington. My face hurt from trying to stifle guffaws while I read it on the plane and the smirk plastered on my face the rest of the time engendered muscle aches. Hard to put down and the hits just kept coming with references to Speculative Fiction favorites from all branches of Sci-Fi. If your brain is stuffed with all the trivia and deep knowledge of the genre, you will feel you would have won Jeopardy and Alex Trebeck was going to hand you the million dollar cheque.