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Title: Were These Niven's Notes...Actual Work Still Due?
Review: This effort from Mr. Niven has perhaps more to do with completing a trilogy simply for the sake of completing it...than being a serious attempt at story telling. Having read many other Niven works, I recognize this likely to be in the vein of 'write a book, fulfill a contract, get whining fans off my back;" tired successful author, minimal involvement. Certainly, the possibilities were nearly endless to develop a good plot, embellish the story with excellent scene descriptions, characterizations, and drama. Unfortunately the experience of the actual read is akin to reviewing overly long Cliff notes...disjointed, major point highlights, skim through, etc. Such are the sad realities when a long career draws near an end, perhaps. When a writer has been as excellent as Niven - can we help but want to experience again the wonderment?
