Ringworld

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Pierson s puppeteers, three leg two head aliens find immense structure in unexplored part of the universe Frightened of meeting the builders, they send a team of two humans, a puppeteer and a kzin, eight foot red fur catlike alien Ringworld is 180 million miles across, sun at center But the expedition crashes, and crew face disastrously long trek. New Download Ringworld by Larry Niven For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A very interesting concept.BUT, I have to get on my soapbox for a minute After reading a few of his books, I have to say that Larry Niven s attitude towards women, what they are like and what they are capable of, is sadly lacking Though his male characters seem to be pretty well fleshed out human even if they are alien fallible and interesting , his female characters are sadly one dimensional It seems to me that most the female character in his books are either clueless, idiot savants, A very interesting concept.BUT, I have to get on my soapbox for a minute After reading a few of his books, I have to say that Larry Niven s attitude towards women, what they are like and what they are capable of, is sadly lacking Though his male characters seem to be pretty well fleshed out human even if they are alien fallible and interesting , his female characters are sadly one dimensiona...I started this book expecting an awesome experience it won the Hugo AND Nebula awards, after all.Too bad it was a hot mess The smile is because the book was lighthearted.What to say of Niven s prose, other than that it is horrible The dialog is stilted often it is impossible to tell what the characters are talking about because their references are unclear or new ...I d wanted to read this because I m a fan of the Halo video games, and I d heard that it was a big influence on those I gotta say that I d have liked itif the Master Chief would have shown up and started chucking some plasma grenades around.Set in 2855, human Louis Wu is recruited by an alien named Nessus to go on a hazardous missi...Ringworld is definitely a sci fi classic, a monumental achievement in world building Any sci fi aficionados who don t like it should be ashamed of themselves.Argh It s never pleasant to go against the conventional wisdom but over at PrintSF online SF discussion community I see a lot of comments along the line of I really want to like this book because everybody say it s great, what am I missing I think a lot of people try too hard to like certain books and I don t know why, it does not en Ringworld is definitely a sci fi classic, a monumental achievement in world building Any sci fi aficionados who don t like it should be ashamed of themselves.Argh It s never pleasant to go against the conventional wisdom but over at PrintSF online SF discussion community I see a lot of comments along the line of I really want to...I can t believe this won three big awards The story is about as interesting as the trade war minutia of Episodes 1 3 of Star Wars In non geeky terms, not very interesting Actually as I went out to buy a cup of coffee this morning I thought that if Larry Niven had teamed up with George Lucas the prequel episodes of Star Wars could have been totally ruined, and maybe episodes 4 6 could have been reworked too to make t...Not much I can say about this It blew my mind.In order for you to truly appreciate Ringworld you would have to mentally backtrack forty odd years Big Ideas in Science Fiction are a dime a dozen Today.But in 1970 Perhaps Niven s vision upstaged his characters Perhaps But I could still lose myself on the ring It fascinated me then it fascinates me now This novel made authors sit up and pay attention to just how big you could think if you really applied your imagination Also, I ve spent y Not much I can say about this It blew my mind.In order for you to truly appreciate Ringworld you would have to mentally backtrack forty odd years Big Ideas in Sc...On Luis Wu s 200th birthday, he is approached by Nessus, a quasi equine alien species knows as Puppeteers because of the two heads sprouting from their backs that are tethered by strands of skin, to undertake a remarkable journey Being 200 years old, Luis has seen his share of the universe, so he is a bit skeptical when Nessus asks him to join a force of beings to explore the mysterious Ringworld So far so good Enter the rest of the cast First off, I have no problem with how any alien is cre On Luis Wu s 200th birthday, he is approached by Nessus, a quasi equine alien species knows as Puppeteers because of the two heads sprouting from their backs that are tethered by strands of skin, to undertake a remarkable journey Being 200 years old, Luis has seen his share of the universe, so he is a bit skeptical when Nessus asks him to join a force of beings to explore the mysterious Ringworld So far so good Enter the rest of the cast First off, I have no problem with how any alien is created By my count the possibility of alien life, and what these beings may look like, are limitless So when Speaker to Animals, a Kzinti, is aptly described as being lion like and ferocious I dig it likewis...Radio waves move at the speed of light This is not particularly noticeable on Earth, but if you were at the sun, it would take eight and a half minutes for a signal to reach you, which would make a phonecall rather awkward It would be even worse at the next closest star, Proxima Centauri, where messages take four years Thus, the speed of light is the rate at which information moves, at which change change can propagate.But most people don t think, when watching Star Trek, that Captain Picard Radio waves move at the speed of light This is not particularly noticeable on Earth, but if you were at the sun, it would take eight and a half minutes for a signal to reach you, which would make a phonecall rather awkward It would be even worse at the next closest star, Proxima Centauri, where messages take four years Thus, the speed of light is the rate at which information moves, at which change change can propagate.But most people don t think, when watching Star Trek, that Captain Picard shouldn t be able to have a quick chat with someone back on Earth For those who do think that, there is Hard Sci Fi It s a subgenre where the author actually knows somethi...I m afraid this made me want to punch Larry Niven in the stomach on the behalf of all women everywhere Along with people who aren t so privileged that life bores them with its comforts, but mostly on behalf of women A 180 year old man sleeping with a 20 year old woman Just so wrong, and it keeps goingwrong He writes things about Teela like Her lips, he saw, were perfect for pouting She was one of those rare, lucky women whom crying does not make ugly It is painfully condescending, ev I m afraid this made me want to punch Larry Niven in the stomach on the behalf of all women everywhere Along with people who aren t so privileged that life bores them with its comforts, but mostly on behalf of women A 180 year old man sleeping with a 20 year old woman Just so wrong, and it keeps goingw...this book was silly the ringworld was a cool idea, and the interplay between the species was intriguing, but there were a lot of strikes against this book anthropomorphic cat people that are fierce proud warriors i imagine the furry contingent had a field day with this one not much happens in the latter half of this book mostly a lot of traveling across the ringworld at several points there are lengthy sections where i m unable to tell what s going on because i can t visualize the strang this book was silly the ri...

Ringworld
  • English
  • 27 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 288 pages
  • 0575077026
  • Larry Niven
  • Ringworld