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The Ringworld Throne: The Ringworld Series, Book 3 (Unabridged)
 
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by Larry Niven (Author), Paul Michael Garcia (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 13 hours and 47 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
  • Audible Release Date: 21 Nov 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B006DILHZA
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Come back to the Ringworld - the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written.

The human Louis Wu; the puppeteer known as the Hindmost; Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee: legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld. Something is going on with the protectors. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are massing. And the Ghouls have their own agenda - if anyone dares approach them to learn.

Each race on the Ringworld has always had its own protector. Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a protector. But who will sit on the Ringworld throne?

Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula award - winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His Beowulf's Children, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.

©1996 Larry Niven; (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Very disappointing. 9 Aug 2000
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Format:Paperback
This is a book of two halves, The first half barely merits 1 star, its got too many characters with poor characterization, few new ideas and poor plot which is nearly irrelevant to 2nd half. It also appears to contradict and undo some of the previous book. The 2nd half is slightly better, if only because it returns to some of the more interesting ideas in the earlier books. It still has a poor and over complicated plot which is difficult to follow due to the large number of characters.

Niven could have probably written a far more interesting sequel if he had concentrated on the invasion and defence of Ringworld.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
don't ring us... 27 Feb 2006
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Larry Niven (in my humble opinion) is one of the premier writers of science fiction, up there with the Heinliens and Clarkes of the SF world. His ideas are without parallel and the "known space" franchise is one of the best imagined and constructed since Tolkien created middle earth. On the down side, he has a habit of writing in a fashion that keeps readers at arms-length and makes them feel as they they are constantly missing important directions to plot and character development. Nowhere is this more apparent than in "the ringworld throne". Even after 300 pages, I was still left wondering where the story was going and what it's focus was. This book is a real disappointment after the ultra-brilliant "ringworld" and it's worthy successor "the ringworld engineers". It's lack of direction and "in the know" writing style still leaves me frustrated and unfulfilled even after having read it several times. Read the first two books and stop there is my advice.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Don't bother 21 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
Definitely the third best of the "Ringworld" books. A potboiler cashing in on the merited success of its predecessors. Too long, repetitive, too many characters, but no charaterisation. If you have trouble sleeping, buy this.
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Oh dear......
Being an avid Larry Niven fan who count's the two preceding Ringworld books ('Ringworld' and 'Ringworld Engineers')as 2 of my favourire SF books. Read more
Published 6 months ago by P. Jakes
Incomprehensible
Let me start by saying that Larry Niven is one of my favourite SF authors and that Ringworld is in my opinion his best work and one of the best pure SF books out there. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2009 by Marchespie
Interesting but unrewarding
The Ringworld Throne is the third instalment of Larry Niven's Ringworld series, published in 1996.

This is a very strange book, it's a book of two halves which are... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2008 by Mr. M. J. Archer
Larry, what have you done?
Over the years I have read many Niven books. Mostly I have been captivated by his ability to introduce staggering ideas or just follow seemingly simple premises to surprising... Read more
Published on 1 April 2005
lacklustre and disappointing
15+ years since the brilliance of Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers and *this* was the best Larry Niven could do? Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2005
Not quite Vintage
The book is not quite up there with Ringworld and The Ringworld Engineers. The book is still worth it, especially for vintage Niven fans.
Published on 22 Sep 2003 by Benny
A sequel to a sequel; not as good as its predecesors
More adventures on ringworld. All the usuals; the puppeteer, the human and the kzin, with assorted ghouls, vampires, giants and a protector or two thrown in. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 1999
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