Ringworld (Ringworld, volume 1) by Larry Niven

[james_davis_nicoll]

Ringworld (Ringworld, volume 1) by Larry Niven

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[james_davis_nicoll]

In retrospect I wonder how much of Ringworld Engineers was Niven going to back to "fix" having inadvertently made a woman the centre of the universe.

It's interesting that Niven seems to have evolved from people posting that he should retire from writing (which was a thing 20 years ago) to his books appearing without making a ripple. Still, someone must be buying his stuff or it would not get published.

[(Anonymous)]

There are a whopping two women in this book and the sequel fridges both of them.

I spent reading time I now wish I had back on the last Heorot novel and it appears Niven has spent his career honing to a fine point his skills at pandering to a generation[1] that is now dying off.

[1] Actually, just the pale patriarchal penis possessing portion of said generation.

[autopope]

+1.

On the other hand, if Niven did not exist I would not be able to use him as a worked example of how not to develop my own writing career.

[(Anonymous)]

I still suspect step 1* remains viable, but it has become no easier to implement.

* "Be born rich."