Customer Reviews
great book - By: , 29 Jun 1998 
read one story a night, & by the end of the year, you'll have gotten through the whole ringworld series, explored the ongoingsin the core, & read the ongoing man-kzin wars... You'll read 2 stories, maybe 3 a night
The full story about Beowulf Shaeffer - By: , 20 May 1998 This wonderful collection puts all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories into one volume, including a new story. It also tells the orgins of Louis Wu of ringworld, elaborates on Puppeteers & the fate of the galaxy. A must read for any Niven fan.
Known Space Knowledge - By: , 23 Mar 1997 
For fans of Niven's other "Known Space" novels & short stories, this Beowulf Schaeffer collection is a must. It wasn't until finishing "Crashlander" that I realized just exactly who Louis Wu is. Wu (the central character of the "Ringworld" novels) doesn't appear directlyin "Crashlander," but he is mentionedin a manner that makes his origins clear. Classic work from one of the masters.
An assortment of excellent hard science fiction stories. - By: , 11 Sep 1996 Beowulf Schaeffer is the recurring pilot-hero of many of Niven's "Known Space" stories, including some of his most famous, like "Neutron Star". In this volume they are collected & putin order, with a framing sequence. An indisputable aid to understanding Niven's other "known space" works, like RINGWORLD, & immense funin its own right. Here you first meet the Puppeteers, you first find out the galaxy is exploding, you first meet the Outsiders & other aliens. (Niven does the best aliensin the biz. A few might cattily say his aliens are better than his humans.) A fascinating future presented by one of the best sf writers still writing.
