| Ringworld, in what is now its 30th anniversary of publication is a true science fiction novel. Louis Wu and his companions set out to explore this ring around a sun with lots of adventures along the way. The most overwhelming thing in the whole story is the scale of the ringworld as the characters come to grasp with it. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes Explore: Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - long lived adults Main Adversary Identity: - An "It". Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book. How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Spaceship setting: - alien spaceship - futuristic human freighter/transport - really, really giant spaceship/station Takes place on Earth? Yes Planet outside solar system? Yes Takes place in spaceship? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - a lot of techical jargon Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - - - society controls main character's sexing How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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