What is Ringworld?Ringworld is a curiously contradictory science fiction novel. For a novel so concerned with the finer details of the exact science of alien technology it also features some bizarrely pseudo-scientific fantasy conceptions. However, it's use of technology and its ideas are an indicat...
I wasn't very thrilled for half the book, but then stuff happened and now I feel I have to read the next one. It was okay. I loved Teela Brown and Prill is intriguing.
I am not quite sure whether I want to give Ringworld 2 or 3 stars. It is an odd book. It is a classic and not a bad read, but it has one of those 'let's go explore a strange alien world/artifact' plots, which means not much happens except for, well, exploring. I can see why people liked this -- ther...
I've meant to read Ringworld for years. After all, it's a defining piece of Sci-fi, that influenced many other works. No discussion of serious space-travel sci-fi is complete without a reference to dyson spheres and the Ringworld. Perhaps my expectations were set too high by its iconic status. I lik...
A real mind-blower concept from Larry Niven with an amazing (if impractical) giant space construct and two fascinating alien races, the Kzin and the Puppeteers. I read this in high school and sat outside at lunch imagining the huge arc of the ring world soaring overhead.
Ringworld - a Young Adult book that exemplifies the key elements of technology-driven fiction, and so embodies the new generation of science fiction and SF writers. Ok, that may be how the review would start if this book were written in the 2010s. But Ringworld and [a:Neal Stephenson|545|Neal Steph...
I suspect that I had at least started this sometime before, because I clearly remember the characters. I had no recollection of the plot, however. Possibly because the plot is beside the point. Niven is really interested in exploring two ideas: how the amount of space available in a ringworld wo...
I recently reread this and it's still delightful after all these years. Niven is so much fun because of his fascinating ideas, and the playfulness with which he approaches them. The ringworld is a beautiful work of art, technology, and imagination. Ditto time stasis fields, mirrored focusing sunflow...
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