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Title: Niven's worst book
Review: Larry Niven is one of the best living SF authors, but he bombed out here. The only thing saving it from the horrible 1-star rating is the fairly exciting first half of the book. Notably, this did not feature Louis Wu, who even in the classic novels Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers seemed to be mainly a window through which the reader could see the real hero, the Ringworld itself. The second half dealt entirely with Protector politics. Had I not read the excellent Destiny's Road, I might have given up on Niven entirely.
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