Protector
by Larry Niven
Taste attributes: science fictionrobots/ai/spaceactionfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wide-ranging: a fresh science-fiction novel, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
From the back cover: The Mission of Phssthpok Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his 32,000 years -- his mission, to save, develop and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some 2 1/2 million years before. Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent , somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt.
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- Author
- Larry Niven
- Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 221
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