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| Title | : | Protector (Known Space) |
| Author | : | Larry Niven |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | September 12th 1987 by Del Rey Books (first published 1973) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera |
Larry Niven
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 4.07 | 9324 Users | 232 Reviews
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Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission: save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before...Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days -- Brennan figured to meet that ship first...
He was never seen again -- at least not by those alive at the time.
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| Original Title: | Protector |
| ISBN: | 0345353129 (ISBN13: 9780345353122) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Known Space |
| Characters: | Luke Garner, Jack Brennan, Phssthpok the Pak |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1974), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novel (1974), Ditmar Award for Best International Long Fiction (1975) |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 9324 Users | 232 ReviewsCrit About Books Protector (Known Space)
A cult sci-fi novel if there ever was one. Belter and Pak society become so familiar concepts in a fairly short book, that you are left grasping for a sequel. Incredibly rich in ideas and alien culture, with an underlying philosophical theme that may connect with the more spiritually minded. Does end a bit too quickly.Being part of Niven's Tales of Known Space this is a somewhat older book. It's a mans first contact story and concerns the arrival in the solar system of the first alien visitor. From there things do not go as you might expect and the book covers several hundred years due to lots of travelling at sub light speeds. In a few places it did seem a bit dated, and I was not at all convinced about the mono-pole (single ended magnet) technology, but overall, still a great book. Bringing together
Re-reading Ringworld earlier this month as part of Sword & Laser book club selection got me in the mood for a re-read of Ringworld Engineers. Part way into that I dug out Niven's Protector and decided I should re-read that before getting much further in RW Eng. Overall I like this book ALMOST as much as Ringworld, some parts more so, some less. I would rate it a 4.5 if I could, putting this just under Niven's Ringworld, Mote in Gods Eye & Dream Park novels which are my favorites.I enjoy
Further proof, if it were needed, that Niven is the king of creating interesting, believable, yet totally alien aliens.Take all the features of human senescence: wrinkled, leathery skin, teeth and hair falling out, heart failure, joints swollen from over-use. Now imagine that all of these features are signs not of a body breaking down, but the beginnings of a third-stage of human development: the super-strong, hyperintelligent "protector" stage.The frailties of old age become the strengths of a
We always knew there was something wrong with growing old. Larry Niven tells us why. One of the most moving stories I have ever read.
Inventive, iconic and fun. This is pulp sci-fi at its best! Enough hard-science stuff to make it enjoyable and believable, with fun characters and an excellent entry into the Known Space universe. It lays some great groundwork for the other novels in a cohesive way and yet stands well on its own.Definitely worth a read if you are a sci-fi type, especially if you enjoy hard-sci-fi and/or have ever read any of the Known Space novels (e.g. Ringworld).
3.5 (whether or not Goodreads actually lets me do that! hah!)One of my favorite Larry Niven books. Fun concept, and I very much like the descriptions of interplanetary travel and interplanetary combat. Another reviewer here mentioned that this book managed to span a lot of time, distance, and ideas into a short novel, and that's both true and part of the charm of the book. The book isn't rushed, but it's efficient: there's no time for things that aren't directly related to the story. Like much
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