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World of Ptavvs

Written by: Larry Niven
Narrated by: Bradford Hastings
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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!
©2019 Larry Niven (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
First Contact Space Fantasy
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Very Good

Has some cringy to listen to, dated writing regarding women, but that's just the way it was when this was written. Ignoring that, solid sci-fi from a master of the genre.

Solid narration with no pronunciation errors that I can remember, and a very pleasing voice. He could stand to improve ability to voice different characters.

Not the best Niven ever, but entertaining for sure, and made me ponder personal identity in this interesting context.

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Time gives this story no favours.

This tale clearly demonstrates how long ago it was written. Copyright 1966 with the morals, smoking habits and sexism of the era clearly in view. Not the Ringworld Larry Niven that I remember reading in my youth. It was well read though for all my criticism of the writing.

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