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	Main Forum - Books - Search - Next So I've been reading a bunch of Larry Niven Hummana Hummana Hummana 09/21/09, 11:15 0 (shocking, I realize) Some of it pretty good, a lot of it meh, some of it pretty bad. I quit reading The Ringworld Throne when it became clear that he (and his co-author - why do the old SciFi giants always cozy up with a co-author who wants to shit up old books?) was more interested in describing how sex was currency and deal-sealer every four pages. The Integral Trees was good, The Smoke Ring not quite so much. His older short stories are OK. The whole Known Space arc is a good read. Anyone else? Next Reply - Reply With Quote So I've been reading a bunch of Larry Niven (Hummana Hummana Hummana) 09/21/09, 11:15 He straddles a weird line between 70s pulp and "hard" sci-fi (Xiphias) 09/21/09, 11:24 RE: He straddles a weird line between 70s pulp and "hard" sci-fi (Hummana Hummana Hummana) 09/21/09, 11:52 "Integral Trees" had a great deal of novelty value (Syd Midnight) 09/21/09, 17:40 RE: "Integral Trees" had a great deal of novelty value (Hummana Hummana Hummana) 09/21/09, 18:49 I know Niven/Pournelle collaborations tend to get a bad rap around here (wart) 09/21/09, 11:29 RE: I know Niven/Pournelle collaborations tend to get a bad rap around here (Lurchi) 09/21/09, 12:17 So would you like to back that up with, well, anything? (wart) 09/22/09, 15:55 Get away from me. (Lurchi) 09/22/09, 16:26 read Footfall it is great!!! (Influence Device TIMR) 09/22/09, 16:00 Footfall is actually ok if you read the whole book while playing Henry Mancini's (wheellock-railgun) 09/22/09, 16:09 General agreement with the stuff you said; also I want to like "A World Out of (wheellock-railgun) 09/21/09, 13:50 World out of time makes for a good companion to Lem's Return from the Stars (Slagathor) 09/21/09, 15:47 Thank you; I'll check that one out. n/t (Hummana Hummana Hummana) 09/21/09, 16:57 No it's cool, I read World out of Time first. (Hummana Hummana Hummana) 09/21/09, 16:56
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