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Summary: enjoyable but the ringworld natives were dull
Review: I enjoyed this novel but there were some lengthy boring passages between the good parts. The novel gets boring when it concentrates too much on the Ringworld natives. Niven is at his best when he is creating true aliens and having humans react and interact with them. The Ringworld natives are essentially humanoids with different cultures. The good parts of the novel involve the old favorites, the Kzinti, the puppeteers and the Pak and to a lesser extent the vampires.Despite the boring bits, the novel follows logically from what we know from Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers, so I think Niven did a good job. The action sequences were well done. I wish there were more of this action... and frankly a lot less rishathra.
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Summary: Who are these people?
Review: This is most definitely not a stand-alone read. I had read Ringworld, but not Ringworld Engineers, and spent over half the book trying to figure out who these characters were and why I should care. I finished it through sheer deternination long after I had quit caring what happened. Maybe, if I had read Engineers, I wouldn't have had a problem, but then, maybe I would.
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Summary: Not as good as the first two, but Still a good read
Review: I enjoyed this book, it was not as good as the first two in the series but still a good read. I would definately recomend it if you've read the first two.
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Summary: Not the best Ringworld book
Review: Not up to classic Niven. If you desperately need a fix of Ringworld, well, maybe, but my suggestion would be to go back and re-read the original. This one does have some neat stuff, but it (minor spoiler) does invalidate some of the moral dilemma of the previous Ringworld book, and for the most part doesn't add any interesting ideas. Definitely this is NOT the book to start with-- this is a minor Niven book, for hard-core Niven fans only! If you haven't already read Ringworld, you have a major treat in store-- don't start here, but immediately go buy a copy of Ringworld and read it.
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Summary: The "huh?" monent
Review: I don't know why, but I have found that almost every Niven book I've read has at least one part where I scratch my head and say What the ... just happened/This isn't making any sense: i.e. sometimes when the action gets going too fast, Niven seems to skimp on the necesarry info, and I'm left wondering what went on. Normally these moments are few and far between, easilly forgotten, and don't distract from the rest of the book because it is simpliy so damn good... But TRT just had too many "huh?" moments, especially the battle between vampires at the end; for 30 pages or so, I was wondering what was going on, who was doing what, who was allied with who, and why they were doing what they were doing. It was considerably more confusing even than my last sentance. There were a number of other parts of this book that didn't make a whole lot of sense either. However, it was readable and exciting for the most part, and if you've read the first two books, there's no way you're not going to read it. Just be prepared to be puzzled.
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Summary: Misunderstood
Review: I could not finish this book the first time I read it. It was dissappointing and frankly I kept falling asleep. However, and I cant stress this enough, this is a good SECOND read book. I ended up reading it again just this past week. Curioustiy and just a want for more action on the Ringword drove me to try reading it again. At first it seems a little different because this book doesn't concentrate on one single character, but more on the people of the Ringworld and what they're trying to accomplish. All of those who thought that the original Ringworld was flat with underdeveloped Ringworld natives would love this book. Also, all those readers that couldn't put down Ringworld, stick this one out. I promise you you will enjoy this book once you get through it. It takes patience though. I hope you'll enjoy it the second time around like I did.
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Summary: The Pain!
Review: Truly awful. An egregious waste of time and trees! Don't expect Ringworld or Ringworld Engineers. Expect frustration and disappointment.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: After enjoying the first two books of this series (Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers), I was looking forward to learning more about this engineering marvel. What a disapointment. This book did nothing for me. I kept waiting for a climax that never came. It was ho-hum throughout the entire book. I wanted more - and was disappointed.
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Summary: An interesting return visit to a fascinating world
Review: Reviewing a book, especially a novel, is a supremely subjective undertaking - and reading the reviews of Larry Niven's "Ringworld Throne" posted here is proof of that. Personally, although I would certainly not rate it as equal to the original "Ringworld" or even the first sequel, I enjoyed the book and kept reading intently right through the end. I have been reading Niven's "Known Space" tales for more than thirty years. He specializes in extrapolating entire new worlds and societies from some particular technological innovation or physical attribute. Undoubtedly his most outstanding creation has been the artificial world chronicled in "Ringworld," "Ringworld Engineers," and most recently "Ringworld Throne." I would hesitate reading this last volume without being very familiar with the preceding two and, for that matter, other books and short stories set in the "Known Space" universe. Without knowing the background of puppeteers and kzins and protectors, a new reader would not catch many plot intricacies. But with such a familiarity the stories, "Ringworld Throne" is an intriguing extension of what has gone before, adding new pieces of information and changing a few assumptions. For my own part, I look forward to the day when Niven writes the next installment in the Ringworld saga and the adventures of Louis Wu.
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Summary: a work well worth reading
Review: This is a departure for nivin as he splits the book into 2 major stories. While he trys to combine them an interweave the plot lines i felt it would have been better to split the stories. The Ringworld magic is still there but this plot is more complicated and requiers 2 reads (3 to 4 for the average person) to gain a full apperation of the work
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