2009 Reading Challenge #1 - Ringworld, Larry Niven
I forget when I last read this book. I seem to recall reading it several times during my early teens, but I've avoided it since. I'm not sure why - perhaps I was afraid it would disappoint. I've learnt to my cost that "nostalgia ain't what it used to be". Few books I loved as a teenager have survived a reread now that I'm just over halfway through my three score years and ten.
Having said that, I may well have not reread it simply because my To Be Read pile is big enough already. And continues to grow...
But Ringworld
.
The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1971. It's also No 60 in the SF Masterworks
series. So it's safe to say it's highly regarded by sf fans. But I'm not convinced sf novels stand the test of time as well as most fans would have us believe, and Ringworld
is now 39 years old.
(Rest of post on It Doesn't Have To Be Right...)
Having said that, I may well have not reread it simply because my To Be Read pile is big enough already. And continues to grow...
But Ringworld
.
The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1971. It's also No 60 in the SF Masterworks
series. So it's safe to say it's highly regarded by sf fans. But I'm not convinced sf novels stand the test of time as well as most fans would have us believe, and Ringworld
is now 39 years old.
(Rest of post on It Doesn't Have To Be Right...)