Ringworld's Children
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Ringworld's Children

by Larry Niven

2004•Science fiction•284 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionadventurewarrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, expansive science-fiction novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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3.3 / 5

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About This Book

"The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band three million times the surface of the Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of whom are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe." "Explorer Louise Wu, an Earth-born human who was part of the first expedition to Ringworld, becomes enmeshed in interplanetary...

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionAdventureWarRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questRescue/escape/jeopardyHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Life on other planetsSpace warfareExplorersScience fictionWar stories

Details

Author
Larry Niven
Published
2004
Pages
284
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