An interesting time capsule into sci-fi of 1973, this is a book about big ideas rather than characters, covering hundreds (or arguably thousands) of years. The two halves are fairly disjointed, and the conclusion felt tacced-on. Perhaps it makes more sense to a reader familiar with the rest of Niven's Known Space books, but a new inhabited star system in the last chapter was an abrupt deus ex machina for me. Not sorry I read it, though.
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forpeterssake reviewed Protector by Larry Niven (Known Space)
Protector is a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven, set in his …
Product of its time
3 stars
An interesting time capsule into sci-fi of 1973, this is a book about big ideas rather than characters, covering hundreds (or arguably thousands) of years. The two halves are fairly disjointed, and the conclusion felt tacced-on. Perhaps it makes more sense to a reader familiar with the rest of Niven's Known Space books, but a new inhabited star system in the last chapter was an abrupt deus ex machina for me. Not sorry I read it, though.
forpeterssake rated Protector: 3 stars
Protector by Larry Niven (Known Space)
Protector is a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe. It was …
forpeterssake finished reading Protector by Larry Niven (Known Space)
Protector by Larry Niven (Known Space)
Protector is a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe. It was …
forpeterssake rated The War Below: 4 stars
forpeterssake finished reading The War Below by James Scott
forpeterssake wants to read Light A Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
Light A Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish …
forpeterssake started reading The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
The Eustace Diamonds is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1871 as a serial in the Fortnightly Review. …
forpeterssake started reading Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl
forpeterssake rated The Physicians of Vilnoc: 4 stars
The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric and Desdemona, #8)
forpeterssake finished reading The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric and Desdemona, #8)
The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric and Desdemona, #8)
forpeterssake reviewed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how …
Thoughtful, beautiful prose about people and place
5 stars
Blending her plant science and indigenous backgrounds, Robin Wall Kimmerer writes about people and their place in the world, about reciprocity between people and nature, and about what she calls the "Wendigo economy." I am going to be thinking about this book for a long time, and I was almost sorry to finish it.
Blending her plant science and indigenous backgrounds, Robin Wall Kimmerer writes about people and their place in the world, about reciprocity between people and nature, and about what she calls the "Wendigo economy." I am going to be thinking about this book for a long time, and I was almost sorry to finish it.
forpeterssake finished reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, …
forpeterssake rated Mira's Last Dance: 3 stars
Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric and Desdemona, #4)
In this sequel to the novella Penric's Mission, the injured Penric, a Temple sorcerer and learned divine, tries to guide …
forpeterssake finished reading Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric and Desdemona, #4)
Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric and Desdemona, #4)
In this sequel to the novella Penric's Mission, the injured Penric, a Temple sorcerer and learned divine, tries to guide …