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World of Ptavvs

By: Larry Niven
Narrated by: Bradford Hastings
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Nothing quite prepared telepath Larry Greenberg for mind-to-mind contact with an alien. In the interest of science, Larry tapped the mind of Kzanol - and that was his first mistake.

Kzanol was a thrint from a distant galaxy. He had been trapped on Earth in a time-stasis field for two billion years. Now he was on the loose, and Larry knew everything he was thinking. Thrints lived to plunder and enslave lesser planets - and the planet Kzanol had in mind was Earth!

©2019 Larry Niven (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. First Contact Science Fiction Space Fantasy
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It reminded me of The Expanse, which might very well be inspired by this book. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

Original, interesting story

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This was the first Niven book I read back in the Eighties, it got me hooked on him.

I was shocked by the ubiquitous smoking of the characters, even in hospital! I’d forgotten that bit, I suppose Niven is an addict.

I thoroughly recommend this audiobook, it’s well narrated and the story holds up, I read my paperback copy so many times it fell apart back in the day.

Slightly dated, but it still holds up

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Classic sf. Aliens, Fusion drives, Belters, telepathic dolphins. Loved it, and well narrated too.

Classic

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The story skips about a bit and you just have to assume that no sections are missing. go with it, it's quite interesting.

plot needs to be better organised.

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I read this book first in my teens and remembered that I enjoyed it. Now in my 50s I listened to it and still enjoyed the story. I’d forgotten parts of this and it is a book of its age. Dial phones in 22nd century for instance! Love the way that this book is written and the narrator is great although all voices are American accented, A few missteps in narration (left in). Also the pronunciation of a particular starship named after a famous author did grate on me every time he said it!

Otherwise a good listen.

A return to my youth

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