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A Gift from Earth

By: Larry Niven
Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
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The world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans - it was shrouded in lethal mists. Life existed only on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But the disastrous decision to colonize the planet could not be reversed. So the settlers survived somehow - under a ruthless dictatorship. Mount Lookitthat was rebellion-proof. Then fate dealt the colonists a wild card named Matthew Keller, who had a talent that neither he nor anybody else knew about. At last the colonists had a glimmer of hope!

©2019 Larry Niven (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Science Fiction Space Science Fiction
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I read this as a paper back in my youth , Then Later As An Ebook As I Matured , Now I Listen To The Audiobook In My 60s. I Have Enjoyed This Story through the years ! : )

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Story was great and the narrator really nailed the character voices, you could really easily tell who was speaking just from the accents.

Quality scifi as usual from Niven!

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