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Niven's take on alien culture is not to be missed. Ringworld is easily one of the genre's greatest stories of discovery and exploration. Recommended by the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Team, Powell's City of Books
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A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. There is gravity, and with high walls and its proximity to the sun, a livable new planet that is three million times the area of the Earth can be formed. We can start again!
alchymyst, October 7, 2011 (view all comments by alchymyst)
An odd read. It is a classic, and it has some great ideas, but not much in the way of the plot. Rather, it has one of those 'let's go see and explore weird alien artifact/new planet/etc', so not much happens except for exploring. I can also see why people have problem with Niven's women characters...
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