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by Larry Niven (Author) "In the nighttime heart of Beirut, in one of a row of general-address transfer booths, Louis Wu flicked into reality ..." (more)
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Two humans and two aliens, who are traveling to distant reaches of space to prevent a future catastrophe, crash on a ringworld apparently created by superior technologies. Tom Parker captures the personalities of the travelers through individual vocalization and provides smooth, expressive narration. The listener is soon caught up in the adventures of these vivid characters as they struggle to survive. Although this is a rousing adventure, some listeners may experience difficulty visualizing the alien settings. M.A.M. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. There is gravity, and with high walls and its proximity to the sun, a livable new planet that is three million times the area of the Earth can be formed. We can start again! --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 I, too, found "Ringworld" a truly ingenious series, Jui 16 2004
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This review is from: Ringworld (Mass Market Paperback)
Just the pure scientific thought that went behind the so-called construction of this massive ring about a lesser-magnitude star is absolutely incredible, even without the storyline and characters! I definitely place this series up there with many other sci-fi works, both old and new: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "Foundation", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", all the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Absolute genius!, Jui 15 2004
This review is from: Ringworld (Mass Market Paperback)
I rank Larry Niven up there with the other great science-fiction authors. His "Ringworld" books adding themselves to works by other such sci-fi masters: "Childhood's End", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Stranger in a Strange Land" as well as the more modern cyberpunk works like "Neuromancer", "Mona Lisa Overdrive", "Snow Crash", "Prey", and "Cyber Hunter". All are must-reads for any hardcore science-fiction and cyberpunk collector.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 A classic example of "high-concept" science fiction, Jui 13 2004
This review is from: Ringworld (Mass Market Paperback)
The great thing about Ringworld is--you guessed it--the ringworld. The concepts of a world that is a ring, the huge size of said world, and the problems such a world might have are interesting and creative concepts, worthy of science fiction at its best. Too bad the characters are all one-dimensional and shallow. Louis Wu is a non-entity. Teela is unbelievable and the concept behind her (her hereditary luck) falls apart when you consider the fact that, even if luck *were* hereditary in some capacity, there's no reason to assume that she would be lucky in anything but reproduction (thus the whole premise of her luck being godlike and all-powerful immediately falls apart). Speaker-to-Animals is not an integrated character; he demonstrates ferocity and reasonableness by turns when the plot demands him to, not as developed character traits. The puppeteer Nessus is perhaps the most interesting character and I would have liked to see more of the puppeteers. This book was also clearly written pre-feminism (notice Teela's instant and unquestioning acceptance of a life of female slavery with the Seeker, the fact that Teela's reason for inclusion is solely because she is lucky, not that she has a useful skill to offer; that Teela follows because she loves Louis, not out of curiosity or interest; the fact that the Kzin and the puppeteers are species with non-sentient females; Prillar as ship's (...); comments such as "Every woman is born with a tasp," and so on.) There are some interesting ideas here, and some cool concepts to play with, but it would be nice, just once, to run across a hard-core science fiction book that did as good a job developing the characters as the science.
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1.0étoiles sur 5 What the heck was this?
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,... Read more
Publié le Jui 3 2004 par barbre

2.0étoiles sur 5 A complete waste of time...
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. Read more
Publié le Mai 28 2004 par Dan Cox

5.0étoiles sur 5 A true science-fiction masterpiece and series
The first time I read "Ringworld" was when I was in high school and I still own it and have read it, along with the rest of the series, several times. Read more
Publié le Fév 17 2004 par Anthony

4.0étoiles sur 5 Things that make you go hmm....
Some sci-fi stories make psychological and social exploration their dominant them, others focus on scientific/technological themes. Read more
Publié le Janv. 31 2004 par thejrl

3.0étoiles sur 5 Good, but I wanted more.
I liked this book a lot. Niven's aliens are some of the most creative I have ever encountered in s.f., particularly Nessus. Read more
Publié le Déc 23 2003 par foneman

5.0étoiles sur 5 A great classic
Ringworld is a marvellously inventive story - two humans and two Aliens, a cariverous, Cat-like kzin and a herbiverous puppeteer - set out to explore a vast world built in a ring... Read more
Publié le Nov. 24 2003 par Susan Norton

5.0étoiles sur 5 Greatest Work of all time.
Ringworld is by far the best book I have ever read, that along with its sequel are my absolute favorite works from any author, throughout all time.

Insane? Maybe, Exadurate? Read more

Publié le Sep 8 2003 par Dan Nemirovsky

4.0étoiles sur 5 A science fiction classic...
which is very heavy on the "science" part of it.

Niven is a master of ideas: this novel alone touches on solutions to overpopulation, the possibility that luck is an inherited... Read more

Publié le Aoû 27 2003 par pdeconinck2

5.0étoiles sur 5 Agreed
There are many types of literature I enjoy good story, clever plots, and interesting characters. Mr Niven has put them all into this book.

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Publié le Aoû 11 2003 par Glenn E. Graham

3.0étoiles sur 5 Ringworld Blahs
I liked the book...honestly, I did. Yet, I find myslef not really all that impressed. The power of the story lies in the ideas it conveys. Read more
Publié le Juil 19 2003 par Tommy Jeffers

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