I preferred the Ringworld series. Dune was ok but no hard science. More a fantasy make believe thing. Worms the size of skyscrapers traveling through sand? Right....
Ringworld on the other hand did have a basis in science. A bit adolescent, but a fun read and will not make you dumber for having read it. (Dune does)
Ringworld on the other hand did have a basis in science. A bit adolescent, but a fun read and will not make you dumber for having read it. (Dune does)
Niven's "Known Space" is a much larger backdrop than Frank Herbert's Dune series offers... lot's more to explore. Not just the Ringworld, but large tangential stories such as the wars between mankind and the Kzinti. It'd be a shame if Niven's work never made it further into the video entertainment world than an animated episode of Star Trek. It's far better than that.
The dume prequel novels written by his son and Kevin j. Anderson are very much sci fi and my favorite of the series, especially then ones about the machine war starting with the Butlerian Jihad.