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Title: Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven ISBN: 0-345-33430-2 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 November, 1985 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Sequel, Ringworld's Secrets Revealed
Comment: Ringworld Engineers is one of the best Sci Fi books I've ever read. It greatly expands on its predecessor, filling in gaps and solving the mysteries of the first book. 23 years after escaping the Ringworld, Louis and Speaker-to-Animals are kidnapped and brought back. Their captor--a deposed Pupeteer leader--is searching for vital technology and secrets that will impress his people and reinstate himself. However, the Ring is falling towards its sun and will soon be destroyed. Thus, Louis and Speaker (now called Chmeee) must find a way to free themselves before the inevitable collision.
As the two travel across the Ring they uncover secrets and origins that could possibly save them--or destroy them. The story is a race against time to uncover the ultimate secrets never revealed in the first book. Despite the protests of a few hardcore Niven fans, most Sci Fi readers I have talked with highly recommend this book, as do I. Together with the original, Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers comprise one of the most compelling, original works of fiction that I have ever read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ingenious
Comment: This is an ingeniously thought out novel. In it, Larry Niven succeeds in reconcilling some of the apparent inconsistencies between the Ringworld books and his other Known Space novels (by demonstrating that the Ringworld was built by the Pak protectors), and incorporates the ideas and questions of his fans (spillpipes, attitude jets, and defense system) into the operation of the Ringworld, while at the same time telling an exciting, and fast moving story. That he manages all three so flawlessly is surely a sign of his genius as a writer.
Louis Wu and Speaker to Animals (now known as Chmee) are kidnapped by the Hindmost (puppeteer mate of Nessus from the preious book) and brought to the Ringworld again to steal a technology from it that will ensure the security of Hindmost's political faction on the puppeteer world. Louis Wu, however, ends up stranded alone with little but his wits in the middle of the Ringworld, with no-one but the Ringworld natives to turn to for help. And he does indeed need their help, for the Ringworld is off-centre, and very soon will brush against its sun...
Rating: 5
Summary: Another solid Niven novel
Comment: This is money well spent. I enjoyed this novel and spent nearly a whole night reading it in one sitting. I will never tire of Larry Niven when he sticks to Known Space, the best of his fiction areas. I like the Pupperteers, the Kzin, and Pac. Larry delivers a nearly perfect end to the Ringworld series. I have had personal conversations with him back in 1983 and he never intended to make more Known Space books. Note, you should read this novel before reading "Ringworld's Children", due out in Summer of 2004. Enjoy it, I did!
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Title: Ringworld by Larry Niven ISBN: 0345333926 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 September, 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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