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Visualization of Larry Niven's Ringworld

Started by Tetsubo, June 10, 2010, 03:51:39 PM

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ColonelHardisson

#30
June 11, 2010, 05:46:19 PM
Quote from: Cylonophile;386970I really can't see the last two as "OK". Especially the last one, which basically had niven saying "Oh, by the way, pretty much everything I ever said about hyperspace was wrong, and you fell for it! Ha ha!"

There are four Ringworld books. You say the last two weren't even OK, but then this review you posted of Ringworld's Children is positive.

Also, Niven and Pournelle's "The Mote In God's Eye" is usually accounted one of the best scifi novels ever written. I agree with that. I haven't read any of Niven and Pournelle's other books, like Footfall, Inferno, or Lucifer's Hammer, but they've usually been given good notices by both fans and critics.
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Cylonophile

#31
June 11, 2010, 05:55:47 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardisson;386974There are four Ringworld books. You say the last two weren't even OK, but then this review you posted of Ringworld's Children is positive.

Also, Niven and Pournelle's "The Mote In God's Eye" is usually accounted one of the best scifi novels ever written. I agree with that. I haven't read any of Niven and Pournelle's other books, like Footfall, Inferno, or Lucifer's Hammer, but they've usually been given good notices by both fans and critics.

The review was weakly positive, but said that RWC wasn't as good as some of niven's work.
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jeff37923

#32
June 11, 2010, 06:31:45 PM
Quote from: Cylonophile;386970I really can't see the last two as "OK". Especially the last one, which basically had niven saying "Oh, by the way, pretty much everything I ever said about hyperspace was wrong, and you fell for it! Ha ha!"

Also the ridiculous idea of hyperspace monsters eating starships..ugh.

Hyperspace monsters were Carlos Wu's idea from the short story, "The Borderland of Sol" and were mentioned in a Known Space essay that appeared in N>Space.


And your review is typical political trolling regarding Fallen Angels, which came out in 1991 and was written by three authors - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn.

If you want to read Fallen Angels and decide for yourself if it is a political tirade, it is available at the Baen Free Library for download at no cost.
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Werekoala

#33
June 11, 2010, 06:34:42 PM
Mote in God's Eye and Lucifer's Hammer are great books, certainly in my top 50, if not higher. I also recommend World Out of Time, since we seem to be doing book club tonight. :)

Ringworld Engineers was frickin' awesome. Really, I like most of Niven's stuff. I think he'd be a top-10'er for sure ony my list, maybe top 5.
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Aos

#34
June 11, 2010, 06:57:47 PM
Lucifer's Hammer is fun, but dated in the way that only something from the 70's can be.
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Werekoala

#35
June 11, 2010, 07:03:15 PM
Yeah, well, I'm fun but dated in an early-80's way, so that might explain why I like it.
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Aos

#36
June 11, 2010, 07:44:26 PM
I think the main character's wife dies because she can't bring herself to leave the kitchen or flee the city without make up or something like that.
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