The Patchwork Girl

Larry Niven

Ace Science Fiction Books, Oct 1, 1984 - Fiction - 208 pages

Naomi Mitchison is the most beautiful woman on the moon--and the one who sent a near-fatal laser beam into the chest of the Fourth Speaker of Asteroids. But investigator Gil Hamilton is sure she is not a murderer--and is determined to prove it before Naomi becomes a sack of spare parts.

What people are saying

Review: The Patchwork Girl (Known Space)

User Review  - Mohit Mohan - Goodreads

This isn't a excellent book. Not a great mystery, wrapped in not a great setting, filled with not very great characters. i feel "the boy who played with dark matter" is a decent read

Review: The Patchwork Girl (Known Space)

User Review  - Cory Hughart - Goodreads

I saw some less-than-favorable reviews, but I really enjoyed this book. The mystery was better than the last one, but perhaps that's a function of being longer and more fleshed out. Like most of the Ringworld series, I felt that the overt sexual promiscuity detracted from the story.

About the author

Larry Niven received his B.A. in mathematics in 1962. His first novel, World of Ptavvs (1966), was a success and launched his career. Niven has won five Hugos and one Nebula award, testimony that his colleagues in the science fiction world respect his work. Perhaps Niven's most well-known creation is Ringworld, a distant planet that may be taken as a metaphor for Earth, as it was once great but has since fallen into decay.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Patchwork Girl; ACE science fiction
• Author: Larry Niven
• Editor: Jim Baen
• Edition: illustrated, reissue
• Publisher: Ace Science Fiction Books, 1984
• ISBN: 0441653170, 9780441653171
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General