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Lucifer's Hammer
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Looking for a rousing post-apocalyptic yarn (I'm a sucker for that end of the world fiction jazz), I stumbled across various reviews of Lucifer's Hammer here on good ol' Amazon. A majority recommended it so why not give it a shot?
Like most who have reviewed Lucifer's Hammer, the first quarter of the book drags slightly. I attribute it to ... »
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Fleet of Worlds
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I liked this most recent installment of the Known Space Series. Perhaps because of Lerner's influence, Niven's usual "let's play tourist" theme has been replaced by a situation in which two cultures are trapped in a deadly embrace, seen from the inside and both sides. The conflict between the two cultures is muted by a reluctance to use violence and ... »
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Ringworld
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While the ideas and concepts of the Ringworld are pretty good, the book overall is BORING. Niven comes up with a creative setting, but then you read page after agonizingly dull page waiting for just something to happen. And when things of interest finally happen, they're rushed. The societies and people the main characters encounter are poorly develope... »
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The Mote in God's Eye
In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings ha... »
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The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld)
When Larry Niven said he never meant to make sequel to Ringworld, he should have stuck to his word and spared us the agony of reading this weak, weak sequ... »
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Fallen Angels
While the idea of a green government destroying Americans rights and liberties is a very interesting idea especially during the debate on global warming, ... »
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Ringworld Throne
In Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers Larry Niven created Known Space, a universe in the distant future with a distinctive and complicated hi... »
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Footfall
I fully understand reading should be about escapism. But elephants attacking Kansas??? Aircraft carriers in space??? The President calling on SF writers ... »
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Protector
It's a decent SF potboiler, but I personally found it the best book about parenting I've ever read. Undergo a magical transformation that gives you amazi... »
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