I found it a nice reminder of why I liked Ringworld to begin with, and am now sitting down to reread the novel. I wonder what a young person who has never read Ringworld would make of this book? View 2 comments. On a very and I mean, very basic level science fiction can be divided into two categories — Star Wars — like and Black Mirror — like.
Was it, though? The people all look the same, weird, basic, near expressionless. On top of it, the art was black and white, which every so often works, but most of the time just looks like someone wanted to save on a colorist. Why would you draw this grand space adventure without color? The plot seemed pretty basic too — an intrepid forever 25 but really year-old space adventurer, two funky looking aliens and a babe go have a space adventure and discover the titular ringworld.
This was 50 years ago; things were different 50 years ago. Just look at the recently finally freed Britney, who perpetuated for years under a medieval-like in its paternalism protectorship of her father.
Women still get paid less than men for the same jobs. Contextualize, people, contextualize. And still no to manga. May 16, Kendrick rated it liked it Shelves: graphic-novels , science-fiction. I've read Ringworld many years ago and instead of re-reading it for a book club I decided to try this out.
I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but the graphical depictions of the aliens was more comedic then I think was intended and it made the story hard er to take serious. Otherwise, it's a fairly straightforward rendering of the first half of the book. Aug 07, Shellie Layers of Thought rated it liked it Shelves: spec-fic-science-fiction , spec-fic-sf-aliens-space , element-graphic-novel , read-by-john , read-by-john , lot-reviews Original review by John posted at Layers of Thought.
Description: It is and space adventurer Louis Wu is celebrating his th birthday. Thanks to boosterspice he still has the physique and mental agility of a twenty year old, and he has wealth that allows him to do almost anything that he wants. But he feels like he has done it all already and he is bored.
He offers Louis the chance to join him on a mysterious and dangerous mission well beyond the boundaries of Known Space, using a secret new ship that can travel thousands of times faster than anything humans have experienced. Louis cannot refuse. They are joined by two additional carefully selected crew members, a fearsome catlike warrior Kzin and a human that has been genetically bred for good luck. They are to explore the artificially created ringworld that is some million miles in circumference and a million miles wide.
The flat inner surface of the world is equivalent to some three million Earth-sized planets and it may potentially be habitable.
When their space ship crash-lands on the ringworld and they are apparently stranded, their adventures have only just begun. Indeed, one of the great things about the original was the depth and the detail of the story. In this format there is no chance of replicating that depth and many parts of the story leap ahead far too quickly for my liking. I think he is one of those creations that just works better in your imagination than it possibly can in pen and ink.
Sep 22, Laura rated it it was ok Shelves: I bought this graphic novel because it was really cheap, I regret it. I didn't like it at all, I was dreading to even read it and it's super short.
Oct 04, Bill rated it really liked it. Graphic novel adaptation of the first part of the first "Ringworld" novel. The plot stays true to the original source, which is good and bad. It's great to see the characters' reactions to the plotting and intrigue between alien races, especially when those aliens are portrayed in highly expressive manga-style drawings.
But some parts, such as a few unnecessarily long, drawn out travel sequences, should have been shortened to keep things moving and introduce more action and conflict in this firs Graphic novel adaptation of the first part of the first "Ringworld" novel.
But some parts, such as a few unnecessarily long, drawn out travel sequences, should have been shortened to keep things moving and introduce more action and conflict in this first volume. Dec 09, Karissa rated it it was ok. I borrowed this from the library. This is an old story redone in graphic novel format.
I liked the concept behind the story but it seemed oversimplified here. Nessus was not at all how I had pictured him.
Louis Wu is an overconfident asshole. Speaker, the Kzin, is just always angry and has no more dimensions beyond his anger. They are awful characters and just well Some of the action scenes are very hard to follow.
There is way too much over explaining as well. This is done in a manga-like format but without chapters and you read it in the standard English direction front to back, left to right. The characters are poorly done and over simplified. The drawing and dialogue is awkward. I am not planning on reading the second volume and would recommend skipping this. Aug 03, Eric Stodolnik rated it it was amazing.
So I read these two graphic novels backwards. And seeing as how I had already read the entirety of all the Known Space books, let alone Ringworld I said fuckit at just read the second part first Then the other day, I just happened across this copy of part 1 in a different Half Price Books. So of course I had to get it to Okay So of course I had to get it to complete the collection and go back and finish reading the graphic novel adaptation by reading the first part.
Now the same things bother me with this one as did the second part. Basically the artwork is pretty terrible, rushed, and half-assed The story is greatly chopped up and the timing is pretty much ruined in many many cases by this adaptation. They probably should have extended this into a 4 or 5 part series, and that would have helped immensely.
But it is what it is. Its really pretty sup-par as far as graphic novels and comics go May 22, Louise rated it liked it Shelves: sci-fi. Kind of an interesting story, and it does leave on a cliffhanger because it's only Part 1 of the first book. I found the story getting more exciting along the way, although I mostly couldn't stand the characters.
A crew of four goes to explore a ringworld that has been discovered. The four includes Nessus, a Puppeteer a species that looks kind of like a camel with two snakes for heads ; Speaker, a Kzin rat-cat type being , Louis Wu, a human space adventurer, and Teela, a woman.
However, I didn Kind of an interesting story, and it does leave on a cliffhanger because it's only Part 1 of the first book. However, I didn't really like any of the characters. What other skills could a space adventurer possibly need? I did find the story line interesting though.
I might perhaps pick up the actual novel at some point to read it, and hopefully imagine the characters in a less grating way. Also, I hope that with the longer novel, there will be more character and world development. But, as far as a quick, couple-hour read of a graphic novel, this wasn't bad. Sep 30, Troy Campbell rated it really liked it Shelves: science-fiction. Good old Ringworld. I grew up on wrinkled old Niven paperbacks and this is a worthy manga-fied novel.
Not the best art, but you also have to work within your budget and timeline. There are some minor changes to the plot here and there, and Teela is less useless - some of the things Louis says and does are swapped with her - Louis slips on the raw scrith for example, not her.
The oftentimes dry writing of the original is converted into charming and engaging panels. Even though it's the kind of "cliff notes" version of Ringworld, it's still a worthwhile buy if you are a fan.
If you're new to it, you may actually find it much easier to get into it because a lot of people struggle with the descriptions. Nov 22, Vince rated it it was ok. It was okay. I approached this adaptation having never read Niven's classic s novel, Ringworld, or its sequels, though I have read several of Niven's collaborations with Jerry Pournelle from that period. The art is decent. The dialogue feels stilted.
The story is chauvinist. While the adaptation team perhaps deserves kudos for faithfulness to the novel in this regard, I didn't care for the attitude. Evaluated purely as an adventure romp, the story is too long and characters are too shallow. T It was okay. Two stars. Nov 14, Etienne rated it it was ok. I hope the original material was better because this is a novel I have high expectations about. Thin story, thinner characters and nothing that got my attention I also have the second part, but I have no intention of reading it after reading this one.
Let's hope I will be more lucky with the original novel! Jun 12, Wayne Webb rated it really liked it. I vaguely recall reading this when I was a teenager. I remember the cat people and the weird sci fi language and most of all I remember the immensity and the scale of the Concept. A good revisit in a graphic form - without wading through the now dated social and racial structure of a novel of the past. Art is on, dialogue is dated, but the concept is intact. Dec 03, Ron Turner rated it liked it.
I'm not a big fan of the manga-style artwork but I did enjoy seeing Larry Niven's universe brought to life. I'm curious to see if Amazon moves forward with their plans to make it into a television series. I'd love to see the Kzin in action. Imagine Klingons but as badass cat people. Revisiting Ringworld in graphic form Well drawn art, a fantastic story, and intriguing concepts, this volume introduces us to the ancient and enormous Ringworld. Looking forward to volume two. May 21, Ciara Barsotti rated it did not like it.
I wish I had started with the original novel Apr 23, Jeff Thomas rated it it was ok. Drawing is a bit amateur sometimes. Mar 12, Kammera rated it liked it Shelves: series , science-fiction , graphic-novel. I think because of the paperback format, it was a little hard to clearly see the graphics with the spine interfering with the pictures.
Also, the paper quality made the pictures look poorly rendered at times so I found myself really straining to see WHAT was being portrayed. I liked this because RingWorld is one of my all time favorites but slightly disappointed in this product. A full color glossy book would have made it perfect. Spectacular story, solid drawings, just a slice of fun.
Jul 24, Heather Lee Lee Dyer rated it it was amazing. Ringworld is my favorite book of all time. Since I was just introduced to graphic novels this year, I was excited that Larry Niven came out with a graphic novel for Ringworld.
I love that the story of Ringworld is being introduced to a new and wider audience with this graphic adaption. I think that someone who has not read the original book might get a bit lost at times in some of the scenes, but overall I was thrilled with it, and look forward to the following books.
Just a funny side note, as Ringworld is my favorite book of all time. It is smaller and thicker than most of the graphic novels I have been introduced to, more like a trade paperback. Reading it in public, no one could tell I was reading a graphic novel; it just looked like I was reading a really awesome sci fi novel.
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