Neutron Star
Larry Niven,Mass Market Paperback,Series: Known Space Series, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group
Larry Niven,Mass Market Paperback,Series: Known Space Series, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345296658 (0345296656)
Publish date: May 12th 1981
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 285
Edition language: English
Series: Known Space
Holy crap was this ever good. I'm not sure how I missed reading any of the Ringworld series before, but with this being the 40th Anniversary, I figured it was time. With epic series like this, I usually hit the 'net to see if there's a recommended reading order, or anything that will help me to "get...
Housing Works Bookstore Fair! $1 books! Had been interested in reading Mr. Niven, seemed as good a place to start as any--the price was right.
A collection of short stories set in Niven's "known space" series (which is the same universe in which the Ringworld stories take place). If you like Ringworld, this book fleshes out some of the lesser-known characters and races from that series.
For people who haven't read the book, a quick physics test. The hero agrees to put his ship on an orbit that will take it to within one mile of the surface of a neutron star. His employers assure him, correctly, that the ship's hull will stop any form of radiation. Nevertheless, it's a really stupid...
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