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Title: Ringworld by Larry Niven ISBN: 0-345-33392-6 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 September, 1985 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.79 (129 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A complete waste of time...
Comment: This book is a fine example of the kind of scifi I don't like. It's completely nonsensical(is that a word?) and incoherent. It's like the author wrote out what he had dreamt or something exactly as he dreamed it. I suppose if you like science fantasy like hitchhikers guide to the galaxy then you would probably like this,, but fans of military sci fi or 'honest' sci fi I think wouldn't like it. I don't understand why it's considered some kind of great classic myself, it was awful. No offense Larry.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic - Larry Niven at his best
Comment: A mysterious (and mad) stranger offers a rich prize to an apparently mismatched crew, if they will undertake a dangerous mission to a strange land - the Ringworld.
Far from a typical adventure yarn, Ringworld is a landmark science fiction story. The worlds and cultures, the future human history, and the technology conceived for this book (and for other related Known Space stories) are a major achievement of imagination. Larry Niven has a gift for making them all fit and work together into a cohesive and enjoyable whole.
The exploration of the Ringworld, a massive artifact of mysterious origins, forms the backdrop for a further exploration of the history and the cultures in Larry Niven's Known Space series.
Ringworld provides insights and intriguing clues about the two principal alien species of the novel, the Kzin and the Puppeteers, and the history of their interactions with the human race. The creation of alien viewpoints and personalities is exceptionally well handled here. Nessus and Speaker-to-Animals are credible characters with unique viewpoints.
I was particularly pleased with the handling of the warrior culture of the Kzin. Speaker-to-Animals is aggressive and proud, but also intelligent, articulate and judicious. Contrast this with the one dimensional, noble but simple minded Klingons of Star Trek NG.
Ringworld has my recommendation. Other Larry Niven books worth reading include Neutron Star and Protector.
I don't recommend Ringworld Engineers, the sequel to this book.
Rating: 1
Summary: What the heck was this?
Comment: I heard all kinds of good things about this book, so I decided to give it a try. Wow. The characters are somewhat thinner than cardboard, the writing is childlike, and very, very bizarre. English grammar was not a prerequisite here. I read a novel a week, and this one ended up in the trash can about half way through. Strange, and yet somehow dumb.
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Title: Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven ISBN: 0345334302 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 November, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven ISBN: 0345412966 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Protector by Larry Niven ISBN: 0345353129 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Three Books of Known Space by Larry Niven ISBN: 0345404483 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 03 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle ISBN: 0671741926 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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