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Originally Posted by Knalus
Fairly standard list - with the exception of The Legacy of Heorot. I wouldn't expect that on the list. I'm a huge Sci-Fi, and specifically Larry Niven fan, and I haven't read that one. Interesting.
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I read it a long time ago and enjoyed it, though I wouldn't put it in the top 15 of all time. It's essentially the legend of Beowulf re-told as a science fiction story about colonists on a new planet. I didn't think the sequel was very good though. Niven's already on with Ringworld, and if I was going to put one of his co-authored books on the list I'd go with the Mote in God's Eye (still probably not in my personal top 15 though).
I agree Jurassic Park and Battlefield Earth don't belong on that list - there are much better and more important books than those ones.