But there are a few good ideas and I found my self entertained by the story, all it takes in a small effort to ignore (or laugh at) the things in the book that may have seemed fresh in the sixties, but seem a bit cliché today.Ī couple of hours with rocket ships pushed to the limit and aliens that are not quite as intelligent as humans when you really get down to the important stuff – now that's what I call real Science Fiction. Like I said in the first paragraph this is an idea book, which sometimes is a nice way of saying that the character in the story is as entertaining as eating chalk – this is one of those times. A couple of not centuries, but million years later his is – much to his surprise – re-awoken on earth a century or two from our present day (no date is given, but we have space travel, flying cars and mega cities). Ptavvs (how do you pronounce that?), is based on the idea of a mind controlling alien who has an accident with his space ship and is forced to go into suspended animation for a couple of centuries while his ship costs towards an inhabited planet. World of Ptavvs by Larry Niven, 1982, Ballantine Books, Del Rey edition, Microform in English World of Ptavvs (1982 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. The mind-sharing between Kzanol and human telepath Larry Greenberg also plays a centrol role5(21).The World of Ptavvs is a classic science fiction novel by Larry Niven.Ī good old idea book from the good old days when a book didn't have to be 500+ pages – not that I don't like thick books, but once in a while it's nice to read something that you can actually see an end to. The World of Ptavvs Paperback 43 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 9.90 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 16.60 Other used from 16.60 Paperback 14.28 Other used from 7.87 Mass Market Paperback 123.17 Other new, used and collectible from 10. The plot revolves around the accidental revival by humans of the Thrint Kzanol from a long period of stasis.
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