Ringworld Engineers (Full Story Recap)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 23

  • @pypes84
    @pypes84 Год назад +8

    The whole "current addiction and subsequent withdrawal" thing is the setup for Louis being able to resist the smell of Tree of Life at the end of the novel.

    • @relentlessmadman
      @relentlessmadman Год назад +3

      I have to wonder if Roddenbury might have patterned Capt. Kirk after Louis Wu/

    • @bryfunkenstein
      @bryfunkenstein 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@relentlessmadmankirk came first

  • @martink8080
    @martink8080 8 месяцев назад +2

    I always like the idea that the Pak built the Ringworld but it does pose a few problems starting with why? Spoiler: we discover that the Ringworld is oriented to be edge on to the galactic core so that the eventual radiation from the core explosion would protect most of its inhabitants except for those living near the edges. So why would those ultra-xenophobes want to protect all those other species living on the various maps when the core explosion would solve that problem for them? Considering the near constant war among the Pak, how would they ever collaborate long enough to build a Ringworld? The Ringworld seems rather far from the Pak home world for them to be building it even if they are they smart enough to do it. While they seem to be behind many of the objects Louis and Co find, the shape of the armour for example, perhaps a few Pak also found the Ringworld, just as the Puppeteers did, and moved in. If this was long ago, their influence might have spread enough to become part of the background that Louis found. We've only seen a small percentage of the Ringworld, perhaps they don't control everything.

  • @markjuergens4826
    @markjuergens4826 5 месяцев назад

    thanks it has been 40 and 37 years after reading these.

  • @clarapettit3303
    @clarapettit3303 Год назад +4

    What about the 3rd book?

  • @Sparkfist
    @Sparkfist Год назад +1

    Great work. Hope you work on Ringworld Throne and Ringworld's Children.

  • @thecaptainredpants
    @thecaptainredpants 4 месяца назад

    Great reviews man, I love it. Your use of AI really adds to my mind's imagination.

  • @brianofphobos8862
    @brianofphobos8862 8 месяцев назад +2

    I was at a convention where Larry Niven answered the question of how you beat a lucky protetor. He said that the ring world was the perfect place to hide from the galactic core explosion. The people of Earth would need it. It must survive. The combined luck of all the people of Earth out weighted Teela's luck. Thin, but at least he gave us an answer.

    • @bryfunkenstein
      @bryfunkenstein 8 месяцев назад +1

      He wrote a story about what 'luck' would actually look like eventually n 'Safe at Any Speed'

    • @TimStCroix
      @TimStCroix 8 месяцев назад

      I like the alternate theory that saving the Ringworld required Teela Protector to lose. So Protector luck, in trying to save 95% of the population, overcame her individual luck.

    • @brianofphobos8862
      @brianofphobos8862 8 месяцев назад

      @@TimStCroix Not bad. Protector do have an odd set of priorities. I like it.

    • @kevingooley9628
      @kevingooley9628 4 месяца назад

      ​@@TimStCroixIF I remember correctly, Louis himself hypothesizes that himself, that Teela knew what needed to be done to save the entirety of the ring, but her protector instincts couldn't let her do something that would kill that many hominids, so she let them kill her once she knew they understood what needed to be done.

  • @thomasgalloway6862
    @thomasgalloway6862 28 дней назад +1

    WHY IS THIS NOT A MOVIE!!!!?

  • @mbm8404
    @mbm8404 Год назад +3

    Oh yeah! Friday, SciFi secrets day!😎

  • @stephenjohnson4922
    @stephenjohnson4922 10 месяцев назад

    I’m now reading Fate Of Worlds I believe is the final Ringworld story, or is it that’s the question :)

  • @Tater_Poutine
    @Tater_Poutine 10 месяцев назад

    Nessus never brought any stepping disks to the ringworld, thats why they used the cycles.

  • @MrRickstopher
    @MrRickstopher 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love the animations. It’s really too bad about this series, the ringworld itself is a super fun idea. I just feel like Niven isn’t super great at narrative.

    • @edbouhl3100
      @edbouhl3100 8 месяцев назад

      His collaborations are a better read, in my opinion. That way there is someone to handle character and plot development.

    • @derekdodder
      @derekdodder 8 месяцев назад

      Yeah, glad to see this comment. I'm in the middle of reading it and am wondering why it holds such a spot in people's hearts. I'm going to finish it, but I'm not enjoying the characters. I'm not enjoying the endless flying. They make a lot of stupid decisions and have really lame conflicts. It's extremely repetitive and about some.of the most odd subjects. I found this video on an attempt to find out if there is something I'm missing.

  • @jhadorn1
    @jhadorn1 Год назад +1

    I must have missed something...it didn't sound like AI to me.

  • @ernestschultz5065
    @ernestschultz5065 Год назад +2

    I am enjoying listening to this recap of the RingWorld stories but the AI is very cringey. RUclips creators are using it way too much.