12-08-2012, 09:05 AM | #31 |
The Dank Side of the Moon
Posts: 35,872
Karma: 118716293
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire
|
I'd re-purchase and re-read if an ebook edition were available.
|
12-08-2012, 03:49 PM | #32 |
Star Gawker
Posts: 526
Karma: 6944314
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Spruce Grove, AB Canada
Device: Kindle Paperwhite
|
I really liked Ringworld. Ringworld Engineers was decent too, but the later ones didn't grab me.
Niven is a fantastic short story writer and I enjoyed his "known space" and other stories. His short stories on the effect on society on instant teleportation were very fun. He also did some intriguing fantasy as well. "Not Long Before The End" and "What Good Is A Glass Dagger" about how magic was being used up in the world. But my favourite of his books is his "Mote In God's Eye" with Jerry Pournelle. |
12-08-2012, 04:21 PM | #33 |
Readaholic
Posts: 5,137
Karma: 89858112
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: South Georgia
Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"
|
|
12-08-2012, 06:04 PM | #34 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,732
Karma: 128354696
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 26 kly from Sgr A*
Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000
|
Quote:
I also like his Gil the Arm Hamilton stories and I'm happy he *didn't* nail that future. I like all his Pournelle collaborations but I'm very fond of OATH OF FEALTY. Second only to Mote. (It is also something of a Rohrsach test: some people see his Todos Santos community as a Utopia and others as a dystopia. ) Last edited by fjtorres; 12-08-2012 at 06:30 PM. |
|
01-09-2013, 10:53 AM | #35 |
Fanatic
Posts: 544
Karma: 1036914
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Savage, MN
Device: Kindle 3
|
I read Ringworld a couple years ago and enjoyed it. There's a convention I go to here in Minnesota (CONvergence) and one of the rooms/gathering places is named Krushenkos, after the bar in the book.
|
01-09-2013, 11:29 AM | #36 |
Award-Winning Participant
Posts: 7,316
Karma: 67862884
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ, USA
Device: Kindle
|
I learned from the Deals forum here that the Ringworld audio book was offered as a giveaway from Downpour.com recently, so I grabbed it. I enjoyed it, and am now in the middle of Ringworld Engineers, because there were a number of questions I wanted answers to, but I doubt I'll be compelled to put many other Ringworld books high on my TBR list.
One thing about the audiobook, if not for seeing it written earlier in this thread, I'd NEVER have realized that "Tanj" was an acronym! And another thing about the Ringworld books: Boy, those folks sure like their rishathra, don't they? Not that there's anything wrong with that.... |
01-23-2013, 11:46 PM | #37 |
...still a Zealot
Posts: 268
Karma: 319949
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Device: Palm Pixi & PC
|
Okay, I'm a big Niven fan....
My favorite thing is that his books always seem to be based on an interesting "hard" science fiction premise, and logically build from there, but still goes into the character aspects, as well. I love Ringworld. The cultural concepts of the Puppeteers is fascinating, to me. I, too, found some of the later in the series less than compelling. My favorite Niven books are 2 of the mentioned that he co-wrote with Pournelle-- The Mote in God's Eye (which I consider one of the 10 must-read SF classics), and Lucifer's Hammer. Strangely, I tried reading Pournelle's solo books, convinced that I would find another author I loved, and really didn't like them at all. One of those cases when a collaboration works greater than the sum of it's parts, I guess. I'll read anything I can run across by Niven, and re-read even my least favorites (well, except for 1, and I won't mention which, because it might be somebody else's cup of tea.) KentE |
01-24-2013, 12:08 AM | #38 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,732
Karma: 128354696
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 26 kly from Sgr A*
Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000
|
Quote:
Your opinion matters as much as anybody's here. Of Pournelle's solos, you might want to check out KING DAVID'S SPACESHIP. It comes closest to the tone of his collaboration with Niven. |
|
01-24-2013, 12:56 AM | #39 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,157
Karma: 7068605
Join Date: Dec 2007
Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro
|
I read Ringworld many years ago, and while it didn't originally grab me, and I had a hard time grasping it, it really stayed with me, and for that reason I grew to love it. I must go back and read it again.
|
01-24-2013, 01:07 AM | #40 |
Addict
Posts: 239
Karma: 1280000
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: USA
Device: None
|
Ringworld is one of my all-time favorites. Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winner.
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Larry Corriea | jbcohen | Reading Recommendations | 2 | 07-17-2012 10:37 AM |
Hard Magic - Larry Correia | zespectre | Reading Recommendations | 9 | 06-15-2011 09:39 AM |
Audible has Larry Niven's "Ringworld" for free | alee | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 28 | 01-08-2010 04:20 PM |
My First (and only) Meeting with Larry Niven | RickyMaveety | Lounge | 11 | 06-10-2008 07:01 PM |
The Hole Man by Larry Niven (short story) | Team7 | Reading Recommendations | 1 | 02-22-2005 09:29 PM |