This book filled the spaces on my drive into work fairly well. It took a while to get going, then when it did get running it was just "okay". The aliens weren't very interesting, and they mistakes the ships crew makes were obvious.

This is not a story I would even remember reading in a few months. The only memorable aspect of the book, in my experience' was what happened at the end.

Honestly, it was one of the least interesting scifi books I have read recently that had little to no impact on me.

I have listened to it about dozen times already. Sure I will listen to it again.

Well I like Codominium universe very much. All of them.

There are so many great characters, I don't know that any one stands out but just because they are all great...

To try avoding spoliers - argument when Blaine is ordered by Kutuzov to do something he doesn't like, and the moment the latter says "and you say this to me?"<br/>There are many more, but... it would spoil the book

If you like Codominium universe, you will probably love this one.

This is a very interesting story that is never cliché or obvious about what happens next. It has slow moments, usually when it is humans talking to each other about irrelevant political details. my biggest problem is that I would loose track of who was talking to whom. By the end of the book I still wasn't sure which character jad which name except for a few noteworthy personalities but that didn't impact the story as much as you'd think.

Yes, I would try another book. In fact, Larry Niven is one of my all-time favorite Sci-Fi authors. His Ringworld series and Building Harlequins Moon are exceptional reads.

The most interesting aspect was how the aliens were so incredibly different from humans, yet shared many characteristics, which any intelligent species would probably share. The least interesting aspect of the story was how the biggest twist in itself was a bit lackluster, despite covering the subject matter (aliens) in such amazing form, and failed to produce any great event.

The book is spoken of as one of the best Sci-Fi books in history. And there are parts of it that really shine and prove that it is. For me, personally, the story fell a bit short towards the end. After creating such an amazing image of truly alien aliens, the book failed to deliver anything more. Still an entertaining read/listen, but once the fascinating world of the Moties has been setup, don't expect any further mind-benders.

This is my first Larry Niven novel whom I have been looking forward to listening to since I came across his Ringworld books that have gotten so much praise and attention. After listening to the entire novel I can say two things with certainty; First, Larry Niven is clearly British and has a dry British wit sprinkled throughout most parts of this book. Second, Larry Niven is a great writer as I am usually very turned off by this type of wit and still continued to follow along as the story was very compelling. The early stages of the story are slow, but very well written and come across as introducing the key players that will take the reader through the rest of the mystery and action to come. This was a good book despite the dry British wit. However, I will taking a break from the second novel in the series and circle back around after enjoying more main stream listens.

Excellent story that explores a lot of issues that are often glossed over in other novels.

It was an enjoyable story, with interesting characters, but the audio editing was bad. the narration was pretty good, but there where not enough pauses. Dialog between two characters is hard to follow because the narration flowed so quickly from person to person. The thoughts of a character blended with what he said out loud in such a way that it created a lot of confusion. In one instance, during an important part of the plot, there are multiple characters talking and thinking in one scene; it was impossible to tell who said what.

With a slower pacing, this would be a great audio book.

Great reading of one of my long-time favorites. Ganser's voice characterizations add to a very worthy performance of this classic story. "TMIGE" is the very epitome of science fiction.

Unimaginative and simplistic. Writing styles changed often. Narration mispronunciations were aggravating. I can not recommend.

It had me ready to stop listening a couple of time, but, But it got better.