Ringworld - Larry Niven

I loved this book. The characters, the consistent framework, the majestic premise of the ringworld itself. The scientific underpinning of the book didn't overwhelm my feeble understanding of astrophysics and (with the following exception) kept me firmly immersed in the Ringworld universe.

I get that the genetic luck stuff was a fundamental part of the plot, but I just couldn't suspend disbelief enough to buy it. I can buy FTL drives, transmutation and Scrith, but I just couldn't buy the Luck of Teela Brown. According to Larry Niven:

Stories about infinitely lucky people tend to be dull.

Yep. I agree.

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