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Ringworld's Children (Niven, Larry) (Hardcover)

by Larry Niven (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0765301679
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765301673
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 808,862 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Ringworld's Children returns series protagonist Louis Wu to the titular world. Louis and his friend The Hindmost, an alien of the Pierson's puppeteer race, are prisoners of the Ghoul protector Tunesmith, a Ringworld native, who is deliberately provoking the warships that surround his world. All the star-faring races of Known Space have sent warships to the Ringworld, and they are already at the brink of war. If fighting breaks out, the near-indestructible Ringworld will be destroyed and dissolved by antimatter weapons.

The Ringworld series is so complex and ambitious that Ringworld's Children opens with a glossary and a cast of characters, inclusions that even many Known Space fans will need. Newcomers to Niven's artificial planet should start with Ringworld. --Cynthia Ward, Amazon.com

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars will the real larry niven please stand up, 25 Mar 2006
This review is from: Ringworld's Children (Paperback)
The ringworld and known space franchises are two of the best conceived ideas in the history of science fiction. "Ringworld" and "The Ringworld Engineers" are both a joy to read, whereas "The Ringworld Throne" is most definitely not. Fortunately, Larry Niven is back on form with the fourth (and possibly final?) ringworld book. "Ringworlds Children" continues louis wu's adventures aboard the enormous artificial ringworld and also fills in plenty of missing gaps about it's builders, the pak protectors - mankind's forefathers. The ringworld is under threat from other space-faring species, who all want to harvest the technology on offer without consideration for the effect on the billions of mankind-evolved inhabitants. Louis joins forces with the ghoul-people protector tunesmith and a newly-discovered protector, the only surviving member of the original pak who built the ringworld. Niven brings his incredible imagination to bear on the story, which is told in a far easier and involving manner than "The Ringworld Throne", and delivers an astonishing finale which had me re-reading it to make sure I'd read it right! Larry Niven, when he's of a mind, can deliver a story of pure hard science fiction wonder, and this book is a worthy companion to the first two ringworld novels
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Niven & Wu are back, 4 Aug 2005
This review is from: Ringworld's Children (Paperback)
After the poor 3rd book, Ringworld Throne, this new story is Niven at his best and offers an exciting conclusion (?) to the saga. Niven shows us his old talent of pushing the laws of Physics beyond reality yet making it all seem so believable.

The story kicks in without delay and moves like a rollercoaster, as Louis Wu tries to keep pace with the Protector he has created and save the Ringworld from the fleets of Known Space.

Being a fan of Known Space and the old Niven style, this book was a delight to me.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Niven's best for a while...., 21 Jun 2004
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I've been a great fan of Larry Niven's for 20 odd years. This is his best book in a while with a cracking narative that zips along without a dull moment. Much better than any of his recent joint efforts with Pournell et al. My only critiscism of the book is that the ending is a bit weak. It's as if the publishers said 'you can't do that to Louis Wu!'. The only explanation I can think of is that there's another sequel in the pipeline. Not a bad thing on the overall strength of this book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A disapointment
I have been a Larry Niven fan since..., well forever. At one time I'd buy it simply because his name was on the cover. I loved ringworld. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ringworld's Children
This is, just like the original Ringworld and its successors, a fast-paced story with several kinds of aliens and near-humans. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic vision / flat characters
As other reviewers have stated this book provides the 4th installment of the Ringworld sequence and is certainly better than the 3rd part. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A confusing finale
The ringworld series started with good, easily read SF but I found this book difficult with too many plot lines. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2006 by G. Laird

5.0 out of 5 stars The final installment of the Ringworld cycle
Ringworld's Children was spellbinding for me. From the first page, the action moves at a blinding pace. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2005 by Andrew

4.0 out of 5 stars The End of the Ringworld Saga?
Ringworld's Children, is the forth of a series which you can't really understand unless you have read the first three: Ringworld, Ringworld Engineers and The Ringworld Throne, and... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2004 by D. J. Plews

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