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Ringworld
- Narrated by: Tom Parker
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel, Ringworld remains a favorite among science fiction readers and listeners.
The artifact is a vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with a sun at its center. Pierson’s puppeteers—strange, three-legged, two-headed aliens—discovered this “Ringworld” in a hitherto unexplored part of the galaxy. Curious about the immense structure, but frightened by the prospect of meeting the builders, they set about assembling a team to explore it:
Louis Wu, human—old and bored with having lived too fully for too many years, seeking an adventure, and all too capable of handling it.
Nessus, puppeteer—a trembling coward from a species with an inbuilt survival pattern of nonviolence. This particular puppeteer, however, is insane.
Speaker-to-Animals, kzin—large, orange-furred, and carnivorous. The kzin are one of the most savage life-forms known.
The party’s expedition, however, goes disastrously wrong when their ship crash-lands and its motley crew faces a daunting trek across thousands of miles of Ringworld territory.
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- Pierre
- 22-02-11
Ringworld
Hate the accent of the narrator. The story is my absolute favourite. I really enjoyed listening to this.
I have enjoyed this so much I have planned books for the next 12 months.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-10-16
Quality to Depth
This is an excellent portrayal of a masterpiece done to the standards you would normally expect only from the BBC.
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- Steve
- 18-12-17
Somewhat dated
Well, I made it all the way through but it was a long journey. Whilst competently read the narrator's voice didn't sit well with me. I can imagine what an amazing story this may have been in the 70s but now it is way too long, navel gazing and technical. Bring on The Stainless Steel Rat instead!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-03-21
Great if you like hard sci fi world building
Feels like if Star Trek had a baby with red dwarf in a good way
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- MSR
- 27-02-17
possibly the finest science fiction novel ever
Ringworld sits comfortably at the top of its genre, a defining work in the same league as Lord of the Rings, which defined the whole genre of Fantasy. Niven could look Jules Verne in the eye without blushing. If you call yourself an SF fan and know nothing of Known Space you are no such thing!
Tom Parker is an excellent narrator. Initially I was dubious, but quickly reassured. He gives life to each character and sets an easy, natural pace that carries you through the text without ever once breaking the spell.
Get this book. Be inspired.
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- Sheridan Le Fanu
- 17-08-21
Classic of the genre
Ringworld is a gripping tale: a product of towering technical imagination. A must for fans of the genre it is easy to see how he has influenced later authors such as Ian M Banks. It suffers from a grating misogyny which means it hasn't aged well. Kind of depressing that male science fiction authors in the 1970s could imagine astounding technical developments in the future but couldn't conceive of a change in the social status of women. Unlike some other reviewers I liked the narrator and thought he was a good match.
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- Grant McDougall
- 08-12-18
A true classic, well performed
Ringworld is a classic SF novel for good reason. Even if some of the physics is a bit dodgy (Niven was heckled by MIT students about it, back in the day!). Presented here as an excellent example of the audiobook art.
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- Mr. J. Forsyth
- 10-10-16
Meh
Not my favourite of recent Sci fi classics. A bit boring and slow developing in the first half. An interesting world though. I'm going to look at at least the second of the trilogy before I make my mind up.
Average storytelling.
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- Louis V.
- 12-10-17
Classic book read well
This was my first audio book.
I read ringworld 40 odd years ago and remembered the arc and many of the
specific incidents but not all so it was interesting listening and knowing where we heading. Like watching a film you have seen before and spotting the clues more clearly than the first time. I did frequently back up a couple of minutes to make sure I got everything.
This was well read with good expression. You know which of the characters is speaking from the voice. I hope other books are read as well.
My next book is one I do not know so it will be different experience
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- Niall
- 03-08-17
Slow in places, but good overall story
Slow to start, and takes some weird tangents that don't help things, but overall enjoyable. Narration is top notch
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