Ringworld Review

In article <b3bcf920.0410190004.49da4746.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>,
Matt <AcesWired.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
 >Okay - read the Ringworld books years ago & have only a vague memory.
 >I remember Louis Wu and the Kzin. I remember the meteor strike
 >mountain and something about the people running it. I remember a
 >subplot about vampires later on.
 >
 >Was at the library the other day and saw Ringworld's Children, so
 >figured I should pick it up. Can anyone give me any important details
 >I should remember before I dive into this one (or point me to a site
 >where I'd find them)? I'm really very fuzzy especially about the
 >Engineers and Throne books.
 >
 >I'm not asking for a full synopsis of all three earlier books. Just
 >... what will I really need to remember entering Ringworld's Children?
 >
 >Thanks for anything you can give me.

  Ringworld: Wu and chums go to the RW. It's very big. They
get shot down and have to walk around for a while. The RW is still
very big. Eventually, they figure out a way to go home.

  Ringworld Engineers: Wu solves the minor problem of how the
RW maintains its stability, and the less minor one of who built it
but the question of why one huge, fragile RW vs billions of orbitals
is never touched. The RW is still very big.

  Ringworld Throne: Everytime I asked someone what happened in
this, they had just clawed their own eyes out and were sticking their
head into a microwave in the hope that this would erase the memory,
so I didn't read it.

  Interesting thing. My employers sent me RC, in part to see if
one had to have read RT to understand RC and no, you don't. It does
start in the middle of the action but there's enough background detail
that you can figure out what happened in RT without reading it.

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and you've done considerable for the B Major beings. But what have you
done for the _sound absorbent_ beings?"
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In article <4174CFB6.FA386F61.DeleteThis@alcyone.com>,
Erik Max Francis <max.DeleteThis@alcyone.com> wrote:
 >Matt wrote:
 >
  >> Okay - read the Ringworld books years ago & have only a vague memory.
  >> I remember Louis Wu and the Kzin. I remember the meteor strike
  >> mountain and something about the people running it. I remember a
  >> subplot about vampires later on.
  >>
  >> Was at the library the other day and saw Ringworld's Children, so
  >> figured I should pick it up. Can anyone give me any important details
  >> I should remember before I dive into this one (or point me to a site
  >> where I'd find them)? I'm really very fuzzy especially about the
  >> Engineers and Throne books.
  >>
  >> I'm not asking for a full synopsis of all three earlier books. Just
  >> ... what will I really need to remember entering Ringworld's Children?
 >
 >I'm sure there are plenty of detailed synopses, or outlines, or vague
 >references to what happen on the Web. Why not Google? Better yet, why
 >not read the first two books again before you read the third?

  Ah, I see the amnesia ray successfully erased all memory of
Throne...
--
"You work for the A-Sharp beings, and you help out the E-flat beings
and you've done considerable for the B Major beings. But what have you
done for the _sound absorbent_ beings?"
    Coyu, giving [Rot Lop Fan] a hard time.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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<< From: Erik Max Francis max.TakeThisOut@alcyone.com >>


<< > I'm not asking for a full synopsis of all three earlier books. Just
 > ... what will I really need to remember entering Ringworld's Children?

I'm sure there are plenty of detailed synopses, or outlines, or vague
references to what happen on the Web. Why not Google? Better yet, why
not read the first two books again before you read the third? >>

Actually he needs a synopsis of the first three book before he reads the
fourth, unless you dislike THRONE so much you're trying to disavow it.

IIRC, Children has a detailed synopsis right in the front of it.

But I agree, I'd reread *at least* the original RINGWORLD first.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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jdnicoll.TakeThisOut@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote in message news:<cl38kq$86k$1@panix2.panix.com>...
 > In article <b3bcf920.0410190004.49da4746.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>,
 > Matt <AcesWired.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
  > >Okay - read the Ringworld books years ago & have only a vague memory.
  > >I remember Louis Wu and the Kzin. I remember the meteor strike
  > >mountain and something about the people running it. I remember a
  > >subplot about vampires later on.
  > >
  > >Was at the library the other day and saw Ringworld's Children, so
  > >figured I should pick it up. Can anyone give me any important details
  > >I should remember before I dive into this one (or point me to a site
  > >where I'd find them)? I'm really very fuzzy especially about the
  > >Engineers and Throne books.
  > >
  > >I'm not asking for a full synopsis of all three earlier books. Just
  > >... what will I really need to remember entering Ringworld's Children?
  > >
  > >Thanks for anything you can give me.
 >
  > Ringworld: Wu and chums go to the RW. It's very big. They
 > get shot down and have to walk around for a while. The RW is still
 > very big. Eventually, they figure out a way to go home.
 >
  > Ringworld Engineers: Wu solves the minor problem of how the
 > RW maintains its stability, and the less minor one of who built it
 > but the question of why one huge, fragile RW vs billions of orbitals
 > is never touched. The RW is still very big.
 >
  > Ringworld Throne: Everytime I asked someone what happened in
 > this, they had just clawed their own eyes out and were sticking their
 > head into a microwave in the hope that this would erase the memory,
 > so I didn't read it.
 >
  > Interesting thing. My employers sent me RC, in part to see if
 > one had to have read RT to understand RC and no, you don't. It does
 > start in the middle of the action but there's enough background detail
 > that you can figure out what happened in RT without reading it.

Heh. Gracias. I did read the Amazon.com synopses, but they're mostly
just suggestive, not saying much of anything. My other searches all
came up with book stores on top of book stores.

I'm diving in tonight. Will probably be disoriented a bit, but ...
It'll come back, I'm sure.

Peace,
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Hah, I'll do ya one better. I just came across the original on the
shelf; it's that one I'll be rereading over the next day or so.


TBerk
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Sounds like a good excuse to re-read all three, if you ask me. Even Throne.

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On 19 Oct 2004 01:04:06 -0700, AcesWired.RemoveThis@gmail.com (Matt) wrote:

 >Okay - read the Ringworld books years ago & have only a vague memory.
 >I remember Louis Wu and the Kzin. I remember the meteor strike
 >mountain and something about the people running it. I remember a
 >subplot about vampires later on.
 >
 >Was at the library the other day and saw Ringworld's Children, so
 >figured I should pick it up. Can anyone give me any important details
 >I should remember before I dive into this one (or point me to a site
 >where I'd find them)? I'm really very fuzzy especially about the
 >Engineers and Throne books.
 >
 >I'm not asking for a full synopsis of all three earlier books. Just
 >... what will I really need to remember entering Ringworld's Children?
 >
 >Thanks for anything you can give me.
 >
 >Matt<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Matt" <AcesWired RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Okay - read the Ringworld books years ago & have only a vague memory.
 > I remember Louis Wu and the Kzin. I remember the meteor strike
 > mountain and something about the people running it. I remember a
 > subplot about vampires later on.
 >
 >

i keep meaning to pick up ringworld... if the kzin are in it, i definitely
will next time i book shop.




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<< i keep meaning to pick up ringworld... if the kzin are in it, i definitely
will next time i book shop. >>

Oh, there's Kzin in Ringworld all right! Enjoy!!!
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