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Known Space Ringworld Series: Protector

Protector (Known Space)Protector by Larry Niven
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Novel Protector of The Ringworld Series.

"Protector" it's an interesting story or a side Story for The Ringworld Series. If anyone is interested in reading the whole series I would recommend reading Protector between Ringworld and Ringworld engineers. I would say that Protector can also stand out on his own. One thing about reading science fiction books it's all stories can repeat an idea; their plots are similar.

This particular book is about humans coming from another star system and of course end up on Earth. To be honest it is not humans as we know it but if you believe in the theory of evolution this colony arrived as Homo habilis, just to evolve into the present-day humans. While the concept immigration from another star system is not new, at least for me the concept of arriving as one species of humans to evolve into another is unique.

Another unique feature of the book is that Homo habilis is a larval stage of a species known as the Pak. That's why I mention it is an interesting book and if you need to know of course and good search on the internet will reveal these details to you. If one is going to read The Ringworld Series as I mentioned, please read " protector" there is information relevant there that will help you understand the series.

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