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A classic of the genre for good reason, and a terrific story. But these ebooks were clearly never proofed. Missing punctuation throughout, as well as what seem to be entire missing sentences (or possibly paragraphs or scenes--there's no way to tell). I'm reading it to my kids, and I repeatedly have to stop, scan what I just read, and go, "Uh... I think there's something missing again here."

This publisher is apparently a "literary agency" that seems to specialize in putting backlists back in circulation in ebook form. In this case, the author could have done a better job himself.

For tanj sake, Spectrum, hire a proofer. If you show this little class and respect to a major title from a major name, I can't imagine what you do to smaller ones.


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The Ringworld Engineers Larry Niven 9780345418418 Books Reviews

I've enjoyed the Ringworld series since my first reading in the 70's and 80's. I have the paperback editions of all the Ringworld books. When it came time for a re-read I wanted them on my . Keep in mind that I've enjoyed all of the stories … My concern is the eBook transfer and lack of an edit job. I didn't notice issues with Ringworld but there were endless problems with Ringworld Engineers. I can't believe that any proof read or edit was done at all. The version is full of misspellings and missing punctuation. I feel sorry for anyone reading the book for the first time with this version. It was bad enough to kick me out of the story more than once and if I could I'd ask for my money back... Plus there is no version of the next book in the series - Ringworld Throne - but it looks like there is a release of the one after - Ringworld's Children. Given how poorly Ringworld Engineers was produced I'm not sure I'll invest in any others until the quality improves and the series is complete.
I bought the edition of Ringworld Engineers because my original 1st edition hard cover is falling apart - I have read and re-read it too many times. But the version is full of spelling errors. It badly needs the attention of someone who knows the difference between "yon" and "you".

Still, The Ringworld Engineers is one of my favorites, maybe more than Ringworld itself. If you liked reading Ringworld, you will love The Ringworld Engineers.
This is my second reading of Ringworld, my first being in the late 1970's. At that time I was a avid reader of all the sci fi I could get my hands on. And what a time it was! Clarke, Asimov, Heinlein, and of course, Niven were all very active filling the shelves of my local library. It was silver age of science fiction, and all I needed was a library card.

Ringworld stood out as inventive, exciting and a natural page turner. Decades past and I found myself returning to my mission of reading sci fi with a renewed interest. After reading a number of new books I found myself skimming through titles of my old favorites from days gone by. Ringworld was my first choice with the full intention of reading the entire series. I was not disappointed.

Once again I was swept away to deep space riding along with old, familiar friends. I quickly found myself immersed in the adventure with a appitite I hadn't felt for a long time.

Ringworld is one of the most original stories I have ever read. A beautiful balance between fascinating characters and adventurous challenges. True story telling at it's best by one of the genre's greats.

The story takes place sufficiently far enough in the future to allow anything to exist or happen. This includes technology, aliens, and lifestyles. We are introduced in the first chapters to our characters of the crew for this extraordinary journey. Next we travel in exotic spacecraft, several different ones in fact, to parts unknown. The third act takes place at the Ringworld itself.

I highly recommend Ringworld to anyone that enjoys sci fi adventure. You won't be disappointed!
I have been in love the "Tales of Known Space" since I was a young girl. Niven actually built an entire world inside his stories, both large and small.

But after listening to the Audible version of this book, I could barely get through even the sample of the book because listening to the narrator was a lot like biting on aluminum foil, or sliding down Olympus Mons by your fingernails with a ground made of chalkboard. So I decided that I could forgo the spoken version in lieu of own imagination, as disappointing a choice this was.

However, I've never heard of this editing company before I saw this ebook, and, upon looking into it after being repeatedly insulted by such poor editorship, I looked online, on its "website," it honesty like it operates out of someone's basement.

The reason I removed a star from this book is because of the fact that this ebook has the worst editing I've ever seen in my life! As I looked at the photos of this Mickey Mouse operation, it shows two people at cheap desks, and it's hard not to think that that they might be relatives of Mr. Niven who who received a "gimme" because of their close family ties, as the site is so cheaply made that's it's easy to believe that these two -- a teenager and his "Mom" perhaps? -- because no professional company would ever release such printed drivel and expect to remain in operation in the world of print. I wonder why Tor was not the printing company...

The word "you" is the most battered, coming out as "yon," other words are either spelled incorrectly because of the normal location-based keyboard accidents, but for others, there simply is NO explanation for how any typist could have tapped most of these words into a line. And worst of all, some mistakes are SO incorrect that, unless you have a vocabulary that's extremely well versed in not just SciFi but in Known Space, you will likely end up not having the slightest idea what the writer is saying!

If you can find this book from any OTHER editing company, I suggest you do so!
A classic of the genre for good reason, and a terrific story. But these ebooks were clearly never proofed. Missing punctuation throughout, as well as what seem to be entire missing sentences (or possibly paragraphs or scenes--there's no way to tell). I'm reading it to my kids, and I repeatedly have to stop, scan what I just read, and go, "Uh... I think there's something missing again here."

This publisher is apparently a "literary agency" that seems to specialize in putting backlists back in circulation in ebook form. In this case, the author could have done a better job himself.

For tanj sake, Spectrum, hire a proofer. If you show this little class and respect to a major title from a major name, I can't imagine what you do to smaller ones.