His Beowulf’s Children, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a New York Times best seller. Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula award–winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. But who will sit on the Ringworld throne? Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a protector. And the Ghouls have their own agenda – if anyone dares approach them to learn.Įach race on the Ringworld has always had its own protector. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are massing. Something is going on with the protectors. The human Louis Wu the puppeteer known as the Hindmost Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee: legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld. RWT is just crap.Come back to the Ringworld – the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written. In short, I'm a little surprised that RWE is as good as it is.

Lerner includes books Ringworld, The Ringworld Engineers, The Ringworld Throne, and several more. The Ringworld book series by Larry Niven & Edward M. Outside pressure can never equal a writer's desire to perfect his creation. Related Series: The State, Known Space, Man-Kzin Wars, Golden Road, Dream Park. The inexplicable anomalies outlined by others are the result of churning out something to meet the demand, not lovingly crafting a precise construct, as a writer may do when SELF-driven.

Ringworld is a joy to read RWE is interesting, but definitely inferior.

Niven's basic skill keeps it from being hackwork, but RWE can't stand up against Ringworld. Consequently, it's not surprising that there are inconsistencies to be found. It was just a money-making venture, as opposed to the joy of creation which permeated the original Ringworld. This seems clear on reading the introduction. It seems pretty obvious to me that Niven really didn't want to write RWE, but was pressured into it by agent/publisher/fans/whoever. So, its sequel, if reasonably done, can at least attempt to fill out the idea with more concrete information, not to mention satisfying those maniacs out there. The 'resolution' is the strangest one I've ever seen, but a really clever ending for a series. And also, remember that Ringworld, no matter how much we may like it, is an essentially incomplete story, with no real beginning, a middle, and no real ending. He's got to do *something* to shut them up, else go insane, bug-nuts. It's those damned readers who keep begging for more and pawing after him at every convention, in every fanzine, in all his letters, etc.

Niven obviously doesn't need the money (although it can't hurt too badly). Now we're going to argue the reasons for sequels? It's straightforward here.

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