Ringworld by Larry Niven Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Ringworld
Book Review: A disappointing read
Summary: 2 Stars
The idea, at least, was promising. Unfortunately, Niven writes poorly - certainly not at a level that would be acceptable in any other genre of literature. His alien characters felt more like B-movie human actors dressed up in bad costumes. I wouldn't recommend this to any adult, since there are far more literate works of science fiction, and I certainly wouldn't recommend this to young teenagers, since it is mostly sexist drivel.Book Review: A good book to take to the beach.
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed reading this book, but was disappointed. The critters were
interesting and their interactions logical.
Great concept, but something was missing
from the book: a plot, some point to it all.
I really dislike an author who apparently writes
a novel only as a setup for a sequel. I was left
at the end wondering what the conclusion will
be. Ah, well, it was a pleasant time filler until
Blue Mars came out in paperbackBook Review: A good read.
Summary: 4 Stars
I have read most of Niven's work. I loved the book even if it was slow at times. I think it helps to have read other Niven books that involve the characters 'Luis Wu' and 'Chmee'.Book Review: A great classic
Summary: 5 Stars
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 around a sun, with a surface area of billions of square miles on which all kinds of societies can flourish. Niven is a trained mathematician, and it makes the story more satisfying that the maths are worked out plausibly. It deserves its many awards for sheer non-stop inventiveness and action. The characters are plausible and fascinating, too. There is a website "Known space", devoted to Niven's works, if anybody doesn't know, and a brilliant new book of the wars of humans and Kzin, The Wunder War, set in the same universe, published recently. There have been two sequels to "Ringworld" published and another due out soon.Book Review: A great read with lots of futuristic technologies
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book a a long time ago and loved it. I re-read it again recently,
and I still loved it. It is great science fiction.