The Draco Tavern Audiobook

" I really enjoy the bars created by SF authors, but the Draco is one of my favorites. This audiobook is great, despite Weiner's jarring mispronunciation of "Draco." "

" I like much of Larry Nivens work. This is an anthology where the setting is always a bar for alien visitors of various species. Much of it has strong humorous components, many have more serious under-tones. Most all are fun. "

" Transcends "Sci-Fi". If you are a fan of short stories and the art of pulling that genre off then read this book. "

" It felt like a very long time that I have waited for the collected Draco Tavern tales. I love this volume, SF at its best. "

" This was more like a collection of short stories of stuff that could happen at an interspecies bar in an extremely remote location on Earth. It included otherworldly ways of getting a buzz, interspecies translator devices, and various ways of providing the proper atmosphere. I barely hung on for the ride, and I'm still having a hard time with Terminator Beavers.... "

" If you've read any Niven short story collections, you've probably read one or more of the Draco Tavern tales. This book collects almost every story Niven has done to date about Rick Schumann, including some not published elsewhere. Everything comes to Rick's (and yes I'm pretty sure the reference was deliberate), the only multi-species tavern on Earth. These are short shorts for the most part, a few pages at most, though a few are a bit longer. In those few pages, Niven tackles some mighty big subjects; eternal life, death, love, justice, wisdom, knowledge, cosmology and more. Some stories are lighter than others, some of the more recent ones are rather bleak, but the overall tone of the collection is upbeat and slightly humorous. I doubt I'll be adding this one to my collection, the stories I don't already have in other collections are among the weaker ones, but it makes a solid read. "

" It's amazing how much a good writer can convey in short stories. Considering how many pages some authors need to tell a story, it's refreshing to read very brief stories that are nevertheless extremely rich. And he does a good job of re-describing the necessary details, so the reader can easily pick up any story at any time. "

" One of my favorite collections of short stories. Wish there were more. I enjoyed the interstellar bar stories, and Larry Niven really make you think about how one might react to something alien. "

" Loved it. A collection of very short stories asking questions about life the universe and everything, but written as, "an alien walked into a bar and..." I read it a little tasty bit at a time, to make it last. "

" One of my all time favorites. "

" The idea that a civilization or an intelligence would cease to exist if it became too sentient. A sentient being that is comprised of cells of interstellar modules separated by about 5 light minutes of space. An alien race that eats people, cloned people. All lots of fun. "

" Fun book. My kid complained the stories were too short without development. I saw it more as a collection of vignettes. Sort of like talking to your favorite bartender between him serving other customers. "

" Reeks kortverhalen... kon me niet echt bekoren, veel betere Nivens gelezen. "

" Rick owns a tavern at the North Pole that caters to aliens. These short stories all center around the tavern in one way or another. Most of the stories are very short. "

" An entertaining collection of all the Draco Tavern short stories. If I'm not mistaken, one of them is presented out of order. "

" It was ok. Nice idea, storytelling a bit rough and schizophrenic. Nice cover art.. "

" Verry short stories and while ment to be thought provoking are not really "

" I've always liked these stories by Niven. They are short, to the point, and, best of all, they make you think. They always have a concept behind them that is worth thinking about, at least a little. "

" Short stories not normally my thing, but Larry Niven spins off ideas in this collection that go some way to explaining how he could conceive of Ringworld. "

" Short, sharp little vignettes that often were the best of science fiction and the short story. "

" Didn't finish this one. Not going to. The short stories were very short. Very very short. And after awhile, they began to wear. There is one long story thrown into the bunch, but since I am not interested in listening to a story about a hunting expedition at all, I ended up skipping it. "

" Not my favorite of his, but pretty good nonetheless. I'm not a huge fan of short story collections. I think it took me a good month to read this though, so that says something. "

" Great book of short stories. Niven delivers like always. "

" Good collection of short stories. "

" One of my all time favorites. "

" Short, sharp little vignettes that often were the best of science fiction and the short story. "

" Not my favorite of his, but pretty good nonetheless. I'm not a huge fan of short story collections. I think it took me a good month to read this though, so that says something. "

" It was good writing, but the structure of the short stories didn't allow for any character or plot development. Probably would have been better read in serial format as originally published. "

" Rick owns a tavern at the North Pole that caters to aliens. These short stories all center around the tavern in one way or another. Most of the stories are very short. "

" Interesting collection of interconnected short stories. Focuses on aliens. "

" The idea that a civilization or an intelligence would cease to exist if it became too sentient. A sentient being that is comprised of cells of interstellar modules separated by about 5 light minutes of space. An alien race that eats people, cloned people. All lots of fun. "

" David Warner gave this to me to read... vignettes...i enjoyed and have returned "

" I am a sucker for short stories about weird and quirky aliens. Larry Niven is a great author and many of the stories and vignettes in this book are great. A couple were not so entertaining, but on the whole I enjoyed it a lot. "