| This excellent Nobel-winner is the first of the Ringworld trilogy.
A pupeteer - a tripple-legged double-headed creature, hires Lois Wu and the cat-like Kzin "Speaker-to-Animals" to explore a weird phenomenon: the Ringworld, and determine if it or it's builders poses a danger for the pupeteer race. In this book there are still many unanswered questions, such as who built the Ringworld? Why is it inhabited by humans? etc. These questions going to be answered only in the sequels. | ||
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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 Age: - long lived adults Main Adversary Identity: - none Setting Terrain A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens - unfriendly aliens - neutral aliens - primitive aliens Planet outside solar system? Yes Writing Style scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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