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Ā”Mundo Anillo es inestable!
Richard PennerOut in the #KnownSpace of #LarryNiven, there is a machine the size of a building, possibly built by a #PakProtector as its insides are human-scale. We know this because those that found it now employ humans to do maintenance on it, wearing black radiation armor suits heavy enough to require powered assists. The tech briefing went over my head with talk about neutrinos and #scrith and the mass of the W boson, but the key thing is that this machine will kill you. So never take off the gauntlets or stop to think about a problem. Just follow the manual, call for help if you need more hands, and listen to the veterans. The suits are like elaborate black plate mail, and I bet they would look impressive standing in a nice clean museum as they are literally relics, as is the machine which might finally allow humans to build a new type of hyperspace engine. But that's for others to worry about, as I need to earn enough to leave this place. This universe. Known Space is not a nice place to visit because it will kill you, enslave you, eat you, or worse. When I get home to the more forgiving universe of #TheCulture, I'm sure my ship-Mind will have a great deal to say about the rationality of my choices. I don't think scrith would work at home and it's not even full protection. This universe might hate people. And there is something wrong with their hyperspace. It may a singular thing actually aware of humans and is visually incomprehensible either as a side effect of hostility or attempts to interact. Finally, for any who follow me, #TeelaBrown may be too dangerous a friend to stand next to, but be sure to ask for post cards.
Thanks to @MicroSFF for inspiration. #IainMBanks
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In 1966 #LarryNiven a SciFi author in #WorldOfPtavvs had #Pluto a moon of Neptune, long previously hit by a spaceship at relativistic speed aimed at #Neptune An artifact protected by a plot device remained on it.
He would have been aware of that work I think.
Good story, although the usual elements wouldn't do this century.
Florian Schmidt@mttaggart Tagging #LarryNiven - he knows a thing or two about *Rings* in *Space* š
JdeBPIf memory serves:
Dolphin humour is a concept that originates in #LarryNiven's Known Space, specifically the 1966 novel World of Ptaavs.
Mark HSometime around 1998 I bought the first three Ringworld books by Larry Niven. I vaguely remembered reading them and not connecting with them so they've sat on the shelf since then but I recently decided to pick them up again. Ringworld was better than I remembered, but interestingly Ringworld Engineers rings no bells at all so I now think that I was so unimpressed by the first book I didn't bother with the other two. Anyway, I'm quite enjoying them now.
FahrenheitRecenzje fantastyczne:
Ā»[Recenzja] āPyÅek w oku Bogaā Larry Niven, Jerry PournelleĀ«
āPyÅek w oku Bogaā opowiada historiÄ pierwszego kontaktu z Motami w narracji wiktoriaÅskiej z celebracjÄ pozycji spoÅecznej i posiadanego majÄ tku. II Imperium CzÅowieka z porzÄ dkiem spoÅecznym ustalanym przez cenzus urodzenia poważa naukÄ tylko o tyle, o ile sÅuży ona politycznym i finansowym interesom oligarchii Imperium. Flota imperialna tego porzÄ dku strzeże i go utrwala. To czytelny i niekomplikowany motyw galaktycznej ekspansji...
#Fahrenheit_zin #recenzja #Vesper #LarryNiven #JerryPournelle #TomaszKokowski #PyÅekwokuBoga #TomaszChyrzyÅski #TheMoteinGodsEye #UrszulaHorecka #UrszulaOkrzeja #MichaÅLoranc #Motowie #Wymiary
Rules of the game:
- Grab the nearest book.
- Turn to page 42
- Find the 2nd sentence
- Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag & write the rules as a comment to it
- Don't look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.
That was from The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven.
Shadora Nyxlast character is Speaker-to-Animals, a Kzin that is a cat-like warrior species. He is just muscle and thinks that he can command and take over with his strength.
Also, to mention that both Nessus' people , the Puppeteers, and the Kzin have non-sentient females that are only meat for reproduction.
I cannot stress the misogyny and the cardboard one-dimensional characters in this.
And I cannot get past that rape joke at all.
Some so-called classics are best buried and forgotten. I cannot understand how the rape joke got past editing even in the 1970s.
I am not reading another Larry Niven book ever again.
#reading #books #DNF #sciencefiction #larryniven #ringworld
Also, to mention that both Nessus' people , the Puppeteers, and the Kzin have non-sentient females that are only meat for reproduction.
I cannot stress the misogyny and the cardboard one-dimensional characters in this.
And I cannot get past that rape joke at all.
Some so-called classics are best buried and forgotten. I cannot understand how the rape joke got past editing even in the 1970s.
I am not reading another Larry Niven book ever again.
#reading #books #DNF #sciencefiction #larryniven #ringworld
Fantastyka:
Ā»Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle āPyÅek w oku BogaāĀ«
Na poczÄ tku czwartego tysiÄ clecia odrodzona i zjednoczona po latach wyniszczajÄ cej wojny domowej ludzkoÅÄ skolonizowaÅa setki systemĆ³w gwiezdnych. Nowa technologia umożliwia statkom szybkie przemieszczanie siÄ po wszystkich znanych ludziom ukÅadach gwiazd... "PyÅek w oku Boga" Larry'ego Nivena i Jerry'ego Pournelle'a ukazaÅ siÄ w Polsce nakÅadem wydawnictwa Vesper.
#Fahrenheit_zin #sciencefiction #Vesper #ksiÄ Å¼ka #LarryNiven #JerryPournelle #PyÅekwokuBoga #TomaszChyrzyÅski #TheMoteinGodsEye #UrszulaHorecka #UrszulaOkrzeja #MichaÅLoranc #Motowie #Wymiary
