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Lensman · 10th April 2007, 09:42 PM

After The Ringworld Throne, which unfortunately is not a worthy sequel to the two Hugo-winners that preceded it, Ringworld's Children is a refreshing return to form. It's much shorter (282 pages), and much more focused-- no one will complain there's no crisis in this book! It also is a return to packing more new mind-expanding ideas into one novel than other authors would have in an entire series. And finally-- finally-- Niven gives us at least a peek at the true Ringworld Engineers. The book also has an Ending, in a way the previous two Ringworld novels didn't, suggesting it will be the last Ringworld novel. But then, Niven intended both the first and second novels to be the last...

Highly recommended!

10th April 2007, 09:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lensman Space Opera Lover Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 17	Re: Niven, Larry: Ringworld's Children After The Ringworld Throne, which unfortunately is not a worthy sequel to the two Hugo-winners that preceded it, Ringworld's Children is a refreshing return to form. It's much shorter (282 pages), and much more focused-- no one will complain there's no crisis in this book! It also is a return to packing more new mind-expanding ideas into one novel than other authors would have in an entire series. And finally-- finally-- Niven gives us at least a peek at the true Ringworld Engineers. The book also has an Ending, in a way the previous two Ringworld novels didn't, suggesting it will be the last Ringworld novel. But then, Niven intended both the first and second novels to be the last... Highly recommended! Last edited by Lensman; 10th April 2007 at 10:32 PM.