Destroyer of Worlds

He studied the image, too extensive to be other than an astronomical phenomenon. Lots of neutrinos and the radiant glow from . . . what? “Supernovae.” Plural. But how many? The wave front showed no curvature. Many supernovae then, the spherical wave fronts from each explosion averaging out. “The galac......more

Wow, how long has it been since I read a Larry Niven book? I think I might have stopped after The Ringworld Throne, which would mean 1996? Long time. Anyway, this is a cracking good hard sci-fi read, with familiar races such as the Puppeteers, the Pak Protectors, and a species new to me, the Gw'oth......more

What can I say, I’m a life long Niven fan. I enjoyed the book, and I’m ready for the next one in the series, as soon as I work up the nerve to toss an Audible credit at a 10 hour book.......more

There's a lot to these books, a lot of culling and pulling together of Nivens other material, a lot of putting a time and place to things he's done in the past. I respect, I understand it, I'm not sure if I totally like reading it... one of his earlier books, "Protector" is essentially re-written ba......more

Niven is just getting better and better, and Known Space is his most entertaining playground. In this new series, co-written by Lerner, he not only revisits Known Space, but also ties together subplots from all the prior Known Space novels in a seamless fashion. He builds the whole plot of these new......more