RINGWORLD'S CHILDREN - no spoilers

External Since: Jul 14, 2003 Posts: 9

John David Galt <jdg RemoveThis @diogenes.sacramento.ca.us> wrote in
news:calf95$lvg$1@blue.rahul.net:

  >> anim8rfsk RemoveThis @aol.comNOSPAM (ANIM8Rfsk) writes:
   >>> Second - man, they needed an editor who was actually familiar with
   >>> the Ringworld books. It's full of annoying mistakes like saying
   >>> Teela was in her 30s when they first came to the arch, when she was
   >>> 20.
>
> Paul Vader wrote:
  >> Based on his last few books, Larry Niven has told his publishers that
  >> he will not tolerate an editor. It's one of the symptoms of the
  >> brain-eater.
>
> That, rather than writers block, probably explains why we've seen so
> little new Niven the past few years. LN is rich enough that he
> doesn't _need_ to write at all, so if he wants to demand terms his
> publisher won't accept, he can get away with it.
>
> That _doesn't_ mean he can publish, though, unless he wants to spend
> the money to self-publish. To my knowledge, Niven has never had the
> clout (or sales numbers) of Robert Heinlein, who was able to demand
> "don't change a single comma" on his last 4 or 5 books and get
> publishers to AGREE to it. There are probably fewer than ten SF
> writers with that power in the world.
>
   >>> But the final word is, hey, it's a Ringworld novel, and it's by
   >>> Niven. It's
>
> And it can't possibly suck as badly as THE BURNING CITY. Nothing can
> (I hope).
>
>

Perhaps I should search google for TBC discussions ... but I enjoyed it.
Certainly more than, say, DREAM PARK, a total D&D wankfest.

External Since: Feb 06, 2004 Posts: 11

John David Galt <jdg.DeleteThis@diogenes.sacramento.ca.us> wrote in
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>
> And it can't possibly suck as badly as THE BURNING CITY. Nothing can
> (I hope).

On 18 Jun 2004 03:12:18 GMT, Ross Presser wrote:
>
> Perhaps I should search google for TBC discussions ... but I enjoyed it.
> Certainly more than, say, DREAM PARK, a total D&D wankfest.

Oddly enough, I enjoyed both of those. It took me quite a while to get
the hang of TBC, though - I find all Niven's 'magic' books to be a little
difficult. (But then, my library has Ursula leGuin's 'Earthsea' stuff
right next to Clive Barker, Asimov, Heinlein, and PKD, so my tastes might
be somewhat eclectic Wink

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