General Information
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 Title:                  Starswarm
 Author:                 Jerry Pournelle
 Read By:                Lloyd James
 Copyright:              1998
 Audiobook Copyright:    2000
 Genre:                  Sci-Fi
 Publisher:              Blackstone Audiobooks
 Series Name:            A Jupiter novel
 Position in Series:     5
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Media:                  Tape
 Number:                 8
 Source:                 Library
 Condition:              Very Good

File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         14
 Total Duration:         9:32
 Total MP3 Size:         393.39 MB
 Parity Archive:         Yes
 Ripped By:              JB-24601
 Ripped With:            dBpowerAMP
 Encoded With:           LAME 3.95
 Encoded At:             CBR 96 kbit/s 32000 Hz Joint Stereo
 Normalize:              None
 Noise Reduction:        None
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

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Book Description
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From Booklist
The fifth and longest Jupiter yarn is a little hard to place in the 
series' chronology. But not to quibble. Pournelle's first work written 
without a coauthor in many years is an extremely strong story. Kip, 
a boy on the interstellar colony Paradise, learns he has a communications 
chip in his head that allows him to speak to an artificial intelligence 
program that was left in the ruling corporation's main computer by his 
dead mother. With his friends Lara and Marty, Kip becomes crucial in 
the fight against a takeover of the corporation by those who would destroy 
the semisapient centaurs and the highly intelligent and dangerous aquatic 
plants called Starswanns. Kip turns out to be heir to the corporation, 
a discovery that comes, along with the victory of the good guys and 
gals, only after plenty of suspenseful action in a well-realized setting. 
This novel echoes Heinlein's juveniles more closely than any other in 
the series, but that will be no fault to most readers.

Kip has a secret. A young boy who lives with his uncle at Starswarm 
Station research outpost on planet Paradise, he has heard a voice in 
his head for as long as he can remember. The voice guides him in all 
his decisions, helping him through situations with useful information 
and helpful insight. One day, finally daring to ask the voice some tough 
questions, Kip discovers that his computer scientist parents implanted 
an artificial intelligence chip in his skull, which connects with a 
powerful mainframe computer via satellite. He also learns that his parents 
died under suspicious circumstances. And that his very existence is 
a well-kept secret that will soon come to light, putting his own life 
and the whole of outpost Starswarm in grave danger.

"Starswarm grabs hold of you and doesn't let go.... Jerry Pournelle 
is one of science fiction's great storytellers."-Paul Anderson

http://www.blackstoneaudio.com/audiobook.cfm?ID=2628

Note:

This is one of my favriote Science Fiction novels aviable on audio. 
 It is very similar to Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy which is also 
a good read, but I found this book even more enjoyable.  Although this 
book is the 5th book in A Jupiter novel series, it stands alone as a 
seperate story.

http://www.sfsite.com/05b/jup33.htm

