World of Ptavvs

Name: World of Ptavvs
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Larry Niven
ISBN: 9781982692919

Author: Larry Niven

Series: Tales of Known Space Series #1

Narrator: Bradford Hastings

Unabridged: 5 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 06/04/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

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!

About Larry Niven

Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning author of science fiction short stories and novels, including the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times bestseller.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

Sometimes it's really worth it to revisit some of the old SF to see how it holds up to modern, or whether it sits the youngster down on the steps and smartly slaps the hell out of the newcomers. In this case, it's a fascinating mix of great ideas condensed down to an extremely short novel's length of......more

Goodreads review by Craig

World of Ptavvs was Niven's first novel, and is set in his Known Space universe. I believe he introduced several of his famous alien species in this one, many of whom are unapologetically more interesting than the humans with whom they interact. It first appeared over fifty years ago, but I believe......more

Goodreads review by Manny

"World of Ptavvs? Oh, that's one of the good ones, before he started co-authoring boring crap with Jerry Pournelle. So, there's this alien with mind-control powers who's been frozen in stasis at the bottom of the sea for, you know, a zillion years since his ship crashed... What? sure, another Margha......more

Goodreads review by Robin

Niven is one of the real reliable science-heavy sci-fi writers--always exploring what might be legitimately possible. The funky ideas come at you awfully fast in this one. And the science is always plot-critical. To pick one example and leave the rest: the third act here is a big space chase within......more

Quotes

“Niven is a galaxy-class storyteller.” Time magazine, praise for the author

“Niven…lifts readers far from the conventional world—and does it with dash.” Los Angeles Times, praise for the author