Ringworld’s Children

· Blackstone Audio Inc. · Narrated by Barrett Whitener
3.6
5 reviews
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9 hr 19 min
Unabridged
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Welcome to a world like no other.

The Ringworld is a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band three million times the surface of the Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of whom are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe.

Explorer Louis Wu, an Earth-born human who was part of the first expedition to Ringworld, becomes enmeshed in interplanetary and interspecies intrigue as war and a powerful new weapon threaten to tear the Ringworld apart forever. Now the future of Ringworld lies in the actions of its children:Tunesmith, the Ghould protector; Acolyte, the exiled son of Speaker-to-Animals, and Wembleth, a strange Ringworld native with a mysterious past. All must play a dangerous game in order to save Ringworld's population—and the stability of Ringworld itself.

Blending awe-inspiring science with non-stop action and fun, Ringworld's Children is the perfect introduction for readers new to this New York Times bestselling series, and long-time fans won't want to miss it.

Ratings and reviews

3.6
5 reviews
EricAnthem
December 2, 2019
The book itself is fine. It's Larry Niven. BUT, the changes from the prior 3 audiobooks in the series nearly make it unlistenable. Specifically, the charaxter voices are childish and shallow interpretations. Also quite irritating are pronunciation choices which are inconsistent with the previous 3 audiobooks. The reader and producers ruined this audiobook.
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George Olduvai
May 6, 2020
Purchased on another platform but the same book. Terrible narration. The first 3 books are all done very well then some dolt decided to switch narrators; all the voices are wrong, pronunciation is off, just terrible.
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About the author

Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning author of science fiction short stories and novels, including the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times bestseller.

Barrett Whitener has been narrating audiobooks since 1992. His recordings have won several awards, including the prestigious Audie Award and numerous Earphones Awards. AudioFile magazine has named him one of the Best Voices of the Century.

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