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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.
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.
""Achilles' Choice" transcends science fiction. As one formerly
shortlisted for the Olympics, I recognize the truth in Niven's and
Barnes' depicion of the sports world. They understand the intense
competitiveness that overrides all else, that turns people into
something more, and less, than human. "Achilles' Choice" is about
believable people who must make that choice." --Morgan Llywelyn
"A masterpiece!" --Andrew M. Greeley
"Larry Niven and Steven Barnes seem to bring out the best in each
other. "Achilles' Choice" is ample proof of that." --Mike
Resnick
"Set in an all too plausible, sinister near future, "Achilles'
Choice" not only tells an exciting story, it gives us a great deal
to think about." -Poul Anderson
""Achilles' Choice" is a rousing tale of men and women pushed
beyond competition--into evolution or extinction." --Jerry
Pournelle
"An intriguing idea, strikingly presented!" -Gordon R. Dickson
""Achilles' Choice" transcends science fiction. As one formerly
shortlisted for the Olympics, I recognize the truth in Niven's and
Barnes' depicion of the sports world. They understand the intense
competitiveness that overrides all else, that turns people into
something more, and less, than human. "Achilles' Choice" is about
believable people who must make that choice." --Morgan Llywelyn
"A masterpiece!" --Andrew M. Greeley
"Larry Niven and Steven Barnes seem to bring out the best in each
other. "Achilles' Choice" is ample proof of that." --Mike
Resnick
"Set in an all too plausible, sinister near future, "Achilles'
Choice" not only tells an exciting story, it gives us a great deal
to think about." -Poul Anderson
""Achilles' Choice" is a rousing tale of men and women pushed
beyond competition--into evolution or extinction." --Jerry
Pournelle
"An intriguing idea, strikingly presented!" -Gordon R. Dickson
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