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"Read Ringworld!" she said.
"Read Ringworld!" he implored.
"Read Ringworld you lazy muthafucka!" I chided myself.
"Okay already! I'll read it. Now lay off!" other me shouted back.
Larry Niven sci-fi classic is not filled with a lot of action. It's mostly about exploration, some space theory and some alien character development. By the time you're done with it, you can definitely see that this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the series that followed makes sense.
I really enjoyed this, but I kno ...more
"Read Ringworld!" he implored.
"Read Ringworld you lazy muthafucka!" I chided myself.
"Okay already! I'll read it. Now lay off!" other me shouted back.
Larry Niven sci-fi classic is not filled with a lot of action. It's mostly about exploration, some space theory and some alien character development. By the time you're done with it, you can definitely see that this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the series that followed makes sense.
I really enjoyed this, but I kno ...more
This is one of those mandatory reads for sci-fi aficionados (like myself of course) and I have to say it did not quite live up to the hype.
Funny story, I actually read one of the newer books a number of years ago, Betrayer of Worlds or something like that, since I had received BoW as a review book for my blog. Not knowing much (clearly), I jumped in and really ended up enjoying it.
The funny part is, I didn't love Ringworld all that much. It had some very interesting concepts, but I tend to read ...more
Funny story, I actually read one of the newer books a number of years ago, Betrayer of Worlds or something like that, since I had received BoW as a review book for my blog. Not knowing much (clearly), I jumped in and really ended up enjoying it.
The funny part is, I didn't love Ringworld all that much. It had some very interesting concepts, but I tend to read ...more
It was even better the second time around, and it listened even better than it read.
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