# Yet another Niven/Ringworld Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274 "2002-09-23T14:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274/1 "2002-09-23T14:43:20Z")
Okay, so I just finished Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers. I know this topic has been brought up before, but I fear risking the Wrath of the Hamsters by searching for it. What should I read next? I wouldn’t mind reading more about the Man-Kzin Wars, but if the Niven gurus on the board think there are more likely books to pursue, I’m not going to argue… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274/2 "2002-09-23T15:10:05Z")
Read his earlier novels and short stories – Protector, Tales from Known Space, Neutron Star. Don’t continue with Ringworld; you’ll only be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274/3 "2002-09-23T15:11:03Z")
Read **The Ringworld Throne** , Niven’s last Ringworld book. Although I think the Man-Kzin Wars books are better than TRT. Plus a new one’s just come out. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274/4 "2002-09-24T16:57:18Z")
Ah, thanks. Knew you guys could help. Think I might dig up either Protector or some of the MK novels then… ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274/5 "2002-09-24T22:04:34Z")
I liked Ringworld very much. And, rare among Niven fans, I liked Ringworld Engineers even better. But I’ve seldom come as close to hurling a book across a room as I did when I read The Ringworld Throne. It’s one of the worst novels I’ve ever managed to finish reading. I strongly recommend you do not attempt it. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274/6 "2002-09-24T23:58:09Z")
Neutron Star is fantastic reading. And there is a book that has all of the Beowolf Schafer stories together. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-niven-ringworld-thread/129274/7 "2002-09-25T01:27:58Z")
I guess I’m alone but I like Throne. My favorite related work is Protector. I get a little misty every time I hit the last page, even knowin he was compelled. But you should just read EVERYTHIN by Niven. When I find an author I like I get everything they have published and try to read it all in chronological order (this had required doubling back). Must be the OCD but I have a pretty good library of fiction.