Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Ringwereld by Larry Niven

  • Started on: 2012-03-22
  • Finished on: 2012-03-28
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is one of the classics of science fiction, a winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, so a must-read for me. And again, I was not disappointed.
It is the story of the human Louis Wu, who, together with the puppeteer (an alien race with two heads and fur, an naturally pretty scared and worried) Nessus, the Kzint (another alien race, looking like a big orange cat an naturally war-like) SpeakertoAnimals, and the lucky human Teena, travels to the Ringworld. This is a strange, made place, a ring around a star to live on, a lot larger than earth or any other know planet. But the exploration goes wrong, and soon they are trying to find a way back home, while discovering Ringworld and its history.
This was a great read for me, reading like truly one of the classics of science fiction. It had some of the must have elements, the future, the future of humans, aliens, alien world, space travel and speculation. A nice, enjoyable book, which makes me want to dive into the second one right away. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2012-03-22
  • Finished on: 2012-03-28
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is one of the classics of science fiction, a winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, so a must-read for me. And again, I was not disappointed.
It is the story of the human Louis Wu, who, together with the puppeteer (an alien race with two heads and fur, an naturally pretty scared and worried) Nessus, the Kzint (another alien race, looking like a big orange cat an naturally war-like) SpeakertoAnimals, and the lucky human Teena, travels to the Ringworld. This is a strange, made place, a ring around a star to live on, a lot larger than earth or any other know planet. But the exploration goes wrong, and soon they are trying to find a way back home, while discovering Ringworld and its history.
This was a great read for me, reading like truly one of the classics of science fiction. It had some of the must have elements, the future, the future of humans, aliens, alien world, space travel and speculation. A nice, enjoyable book, which makes me want to dive into the second one right away. Four out of five stars.