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August 2024: 5 Stars > [Steeplechase | BWF] Ringworld by Larry Niven ★★½

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Tien (tiensblurb) | 1641 comments 🎧 Audiobook Review 🎧

The book description, while brief, gave a hint of an interesting interstellar adventure. It was quite interesting except for the twist about one of the team members. Without giving too much away, I just thought that it went a bit tangential from 'science fiction' to the realm of 'fantasy' which I did not appreciate in this book context.

Otherwise, I enjoyed the characters (aliens and humans and their developing relationship) and narrator did a fairly good job of keeping me engaged.

Steeplechase - 128x sf-masterworks
BWF - Team Sassy Sisters - Letter R - 8x 5-stars


message 2: by KateNZ (new) - added it

KateNZ | 4159 comments You did better than I did. I liked the concept too but just couldn’t manage the book - it was a DNF at about 30% through for me.


Tien (tiensblurb) | 1641 comments It was a bit slow to take off... it was almost halfway when things start to happen


message 4: by Sue (new) - rated it 3 stars

Sue | 2774 comments I've got this on my list for this month - also on my Trim List.

I do like fantasy, so hoping I like it better than 2 1/2 stars or DNF!


Jason Oliver | 3175 comments This book is slow to start but I did enjoy it and the rest of the series.


Tien (tiensblurb) | 1641 comments Jason wrote: "This book is slow to start but I did enjoy it and the rest of the series."

Does it get better later in the series?


Jason Oliver | 3175 comments Tien,

To me it does. It was originally supposed to be a single book, but, if I remember correctly, some MIT students let Niven know that his Ringworld was unstable. It would crash into the sun. So he wrote a sequel to “save” the ring world.

I do admit it’s slow to get into. It takes some interesting turns.


Tien (tiensblurb) | 1641 comments oh how funny! I think these days, authors would actually check in with some scientists etc if their fantasy world might be actually "sustainable".

I was hoping that this sequel will see them travel elsewhere... I'm not keen to go back to ring world; at least, not right now.


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