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Fate of Worlds
- Return from the Ringworld
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
The explosive finale to the Ringworld and the Fleet of Worlds series...
For decades, the spacefaring species of known space have battled over the largest artifact - and grandest prize - in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld. Now, without warning, the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets.
If the fallen civilization of the Ringworld can no longer be despoiled of its secrets, the puppeteers will be forced to surrender theirs - everyone knows that they are cowards. But the crises converging upon the trillion puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds go far beyond even the onrushing armadas.
Adventurer Louis Wu and the exiled puppeteer known only as Hindmost, marooned together for more than a decade, escaped from the Ringworld before it disappeared. And throughout those years, as he studied Ringworld technology, Hindmost has plotted to reclaim his power.
One way or another, the fabled puppeteer race may have come to the end of its days.
Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times best seller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
Edward M. Lerner has degrees in physics and computer science, a background that kept him mostly out of trouble until he began writing science fiction full time. His books include Probe, Moonstruck, and the collection Creative Destruction. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Ruth.
Critic reviews
"A new Known Space book, particularly one with new information about Puppeteers and their doings behind the scenes of human history, needs recommending within the science fiction community about as much as a new Harry Potter novel does, well, anywhere. But Niven and Lerner have produced a novel that can stand on its own as well as part of the Known Space franchise." (Locus)
"Exceptional freshness and suspense.… Full of startling revelations about human and puppeteer politics." (Booklist)
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- Andrew Lawn
- 03-01-22
loved it
plenty of loose ends to tidy up...?
opportunities always out of our grasp.
maybe
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- Ben
- 31-10-21
A fantastic end to the series
This is an excellent conclusion to both the Ringworld series and the Fleet of Worlds series. The style is noticeably improved since the original Ringworld, with well-rounded characters, presenting the events from each character’s perspective and showing the subtle and severe changes due to each different perspective.
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- Mrs J Green
- 16-04-15
only 2 hours, I don't know if I can continue
What would have made Fate of Worlds better?
Unsure how to review this adaptation as I have only endured two hours. I am contemplating in stopping as the main narration is so dull it is sending me to sleep. As a result, I can not follow the story.
How could the performance have been better?
Tom Weiner voice for the main narration is too monotonous. Each time the narrator performs narrative dialog I lose concentration. Character performance is fine, but sometimes too close to the main narrative voice.
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- Mr
- 22-07-15
Disappointing
Disappointing as it sewellel too much on a complex past, and it was sometimes a difficult listen with the spiralling reflective conversations
I skipped a lot towards the end as I lost interest
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