Fleet of Worlds Fleet of Worlds series Book 1 eBook Larry Niven Edward M Lerner
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This first of five novels in the Niven/Lerner "Fleet of Worlds" series, FLEET OF WORLDS is a prequel to Larry Niven's bestselling classic RINGWORLD and is set in his celebrated "Known Space" universe, 200 years before the discovery of Ringworld.
For over 500 years, humans colonists have been toiling on one of the alien Puppeteer's satellite worlds, informed by their strange two-headed masters (first introduced by Niven in RINGWORLD) that the Puppeteers -- or Citizens, as they call themselves -- rescued the colonists' ancestors from certain death.
When the Citizens discover that a chain reaction at the galaxy's core has released lethal waves of radiation, they flee, along with their satellite planets, including the one holding the human descendants. Kirsten and a few other select humans, under the watchful eye of the Puppeteer Nessus, are then sent on an exploratory journey. During this trip, Kirsten and others discover that the "history" they were taught about their ancestors and their alien masters is far from the truth. A rebellion ensues.
"Niven, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, and Lerner (Probe) offer a lively prequel to Niven's 1970 classic, Ringworld." - Publishers Weekly
"A far-future SF mystery/adventure set two centuries before the discovery of the Ringworld by humans ... Intriguing human and alien characters and lucid scientific detail."
- Library Journal
“A new Known Space book, particularly one with new information about Puppeteers and their doings behind the scenes of human history, needs recommending within the science fiction community about as much as a new Harry Potter novel does, well, anywhere. But Niven and Lerner have produced a novel that can stand on its own as well as part of the Known Space franchise.”
- Locus
"Exceptional freshness and suspense ... full of startling revelations about human and puppeteer politics."
- Booklist
"Great story-telling is still alive in science fiction because of Larry Niven, and his finest work is the Ringworld series."
- Orson Scott Card
Fleet of Worlds Fleet of Worlds series Book 1 eBook Larry Niven Edward M Lerner
Call it book 5 of the Ringwood series, or book 1 of the Fleet of Worlds, in any case it's Larry Niven at his best. Some old characters from the Ringwood books along with the other Known Space books combined with sone new are crafted by Larry Niven- 1 of the living grand masters of Science Fiction and Co author Edward Lerner into a well developed book that's hard to put down. I reread the books every couple years and enjoy them every time.Product details
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Fleet of Worlds Fleet of Worlds series Book 1 eBook Larry Niven Edward M Lerner Reviews
I hadn’t read Ring World in at least a decade, so I expected prequel, Fleet of Worlds, (published Oct 2007) to have me instantly lost—and it has a prologue, which I always think are just extra work for the reader to slog through before getting into the actual book.
Surprisingly, prologue is brief and interesting, and main story grabbed me quickly. Plot moves quickly and characters are clear.
Themes of Conspiracy, Cat-and-Mouse, Mystery (reminded me of Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton) are just great basis for great stories. If you liked Ringworld, you will enjoy this. It’s sort of like if you read Ender’s Game, and the sequels, then ten years later picked up Ender’s Shadow.
If you’ve read all of Larry Niven’s Tales Of Known Space, and have navigated the all the twists and turns of the Ringworld saga, and want more of Niven’s future histories, then look no further and dig into the Fleet of Worlds and the subsequent “Worlds” volumes. And when you’re done, you’ll be ready when Ringworld arrives as an video series. I can’t wait. )
Fleet of Worlds series are my favorite books from Larry Niven. Book 1 was the start of what I have described as a series of 9 (includes the three original Ringworld books) that ties together so many stray pieces from the Tales of Known Space. These include the brilliant Protectors, the "voice" behind the Citizens, Louis Wu and his autodoc, Beowulf Schaeffer, the elusive Sigmund Ausfaller, and many other stories. The entire Fleet series is Niven's crowing achievement. You should buy this book, all the other Fleet series, and all three Ringworld books and read them in order (easy to figure out the timeline from the title page and included chronology.). Just buy them.
I first started reading Larry Niven's books around 1974. Ringworld was a big favorite of mine back then. Finding he wrote 4 sequels to Ringworld made me buy a new copy of the original Ringworld along with all of the sequels.
When I read the final book in the series, I felt like I missed something somewhere along the way. Come to find out that this not only concludes the Ringworld series, but several other of his book series, most notably the Known Space series.
Known Space kicks off with this book - a prequel to Ringworld. Nessus is the hero of this one, where he is put in charge of a series of experiments to determine if they can use the "colonists" to take on deep space missions. Deep space, like many fearsome things, are not well liked by Puppeteers.
Through this book, we meet another recurring character, Baedeker (who later becomes Hindmost to the Puppeteer race). In this introduction to Baedeker, he does not appear much like he does as he does in the later books. In fact, without reading further, I can't even remotely imagine what creates such a drastic change in his personality.
The plot of this story really kicks off when the colonists start to wonder why they know so little of their past. Supposedly, their ancestors piloted a craft called "Long Shot" that was marooned. The Puppeteers taught them throughout their history that they rescued the survivors who then became known as Colonists. But, humans are not content with simple explanations, so they begin to explore.
Throughout their travels they uncover and infiltrate secret research labs, databases long thought lost, and the Long Shot itself. But, how they use this information to prove who they are is really well done.
The book is well written and keeps the reader involved and on edge. Niven has some outstanding people he works with to ensure the science is at least plausible, even if it may be a million years before we actually get there as a species.
Many years ago I was a big Larry Niven fan. When he started to collaborate with other authors I lost interest. It seemed like he was just trading on his name. When I recently checked on what he was currently doing I ran across his Fleet of Worlds series and thought it would be of interest to check it out.
This first book gives quite a bit of background to some of the novels that Niven wrote many years ago. If you were a fan of his "Known Space" books, I would recommend giving this title a look. The historical view in the book gives additional understanding to subsequent events in the related books from the past. It was good enough that I will probably go on to the next book in the series.
I would recommend checking out Edward M. Lerner's web site and blog to gain some insight into the writing process involved with these books. It is very informative.
Call it book 5 of the Ringwood series, or book 1 of the Fleet of Worlds, in any case it's Larry Niven at his best. Some old characters from the Ringwood books along with the other Known Space books combined with sone new are crafted by Larry Niven- 1 of the living grand masters of Science Fiction and Co author Edward Lerner into a well developed book that's hard to put down. I reread the books every couple years and enjoy them every time.
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