Ringworld pak protector5/13/2023 Four out of five stars, and a must read for Ringworld fans. Larry has said Pak protectors (see Nivens novel Protector) built the Ringworld, in fact theres a brief account of events leading up to its construction on pp. And Niven fans are still debating points after all these decades. I would have liked it if most parts were fleshed out a bit more, but I know that some of the philosophy behind the Pak Protectors and humankind comes back in the Ringworld books. Yes, Ringworld does leave very many questions unanswered. The Protector has something to do with that, and all will come to a climax to protect the human race.Įven though the book felt rushed, it was very enjoyable. The second part of the book takes place a few hundred years later when humans are kidnapped every now and again, disappear for four month and then return with amnesia. This is a protector, who has travelled 32000 years to find the colony of Pak aliens who were stranded near Sol 2,5 million years ago. One day, while detecting monopole magnets, the first Outsider, alien, is spotted. In the first part of the book humanity lives throughout our solar system, divided in Earth and the moon, and the Belt, where people live in space all their lives. This is a pretty short story, divisible into two parts. I thought to myself, but I have a Niven book about a Protector, maybe I need to read that before reading more Ringworld books. After reading about the Ringworld, I saw the Protector being referenced in the second book.
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