Ringworld

, #1

First edition, 342 pages

English language

Published October 1970 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-02046-8
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OCLC Number:
678644824
ISFDB ID:
1298
Goodreads:
194701

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4 stars (2 reviews)

A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. There is gravity, and with high walls and its proximity to the sun, a livable new planet that is three million times the area of the Earth can be formed. We can start again!

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reviewed Ringworld by Larry Niven (Ringworld (1))

Ages poorly, like its peers.

3 stars

I really wish there was a filter for old media that could remove some of the elements that make interesting stories so mired in their time, and really drags the suspension of disbelief to a halt.

"Wow! Massive world in a ring around a sun! That's incredible! Ladies manipulate us with sex, and they're just too stupid to understand science. A crew of 30 people on a ship and only 3 women? You can bet they weren't engineers. Wink wink."

Larry Niven's Ringworld is a bit of a slog.

The rating of three is in "teenage me in the 80s" stars. When adjusted for today's stars, this likely should be lower, as I surely wouldn't have patience for this from a contemporary author.