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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > Larry Niven > Ringworld
Ringworld is perhaps the best known novel by Larry Niven. It tells the story of the discovery and exploration of a vast artifact (the Ringworld), and is set within the same Known Space background as many of Larry Niven's other stories.
There have been a number of sequels to the original book, as well as various spin-offs including a role playing game (GURPS Riverworld) and various computer games.
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By Larry Niven
Del Rey
Released: 1985-09-12
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A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. There is gravity, and with high walls and its proximity to the sun, a livable new planet that is three million times the area of the Earth can be formed. We can start again!
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By Larry Niven
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Released: 2005-04-05
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Welcome to a world like no other.
The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band 3 million times the surface area of Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of which are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe.
Explorere Louis Wu, an Earth-born human who was part of the first expedition to Ringworld, becomes enmeshed in interplanetary and interspecies intrigue as war, and a powerful new weapon, threaten to tear the Ringworld apart forever. Now, the future of Ringworld lies in the actions of its children: Tunesmith, the Ghould protector; Acolyte, the exiled son of Speaker-to-Animals, and Wembleth, a strange Ringworld native with a mysterious past. All must play a dangerous in order to save Ringworld's population, and the stability of Ringworld itself.
Blending awe-inspiring science with non-stop action and fun, Ringworld's Children, the fourth installment of the multiple award-winning saga, is the perfect introduction for readers new to this New York Times bestselling series, and long-time fans of Larry Niven's Ringworld.
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By Larry Niven
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Released: 1985-11-12
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"This rousing sequel to the classic Ringworld continues the adventures of Louis Wu and Speaker-to-Animals on that fantastic planet."--School Library Journal An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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By Larry Niven
Del Rey
Released: 1997-03-30
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Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written!
The human, Louis Wu; the puppeteer known as the Hindmost; Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee . . . legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld. Something is going on with the Protectors. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are massing. And the Ghouls have their own agenda--if anyone dares approach them to learn.
Each race on the Ringworld has always had its own Protector. Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a Protector. But who will sit on the Ringworld Throne?
"Niven's work has been an intriguing and consistent universe, and this book is the keystone of the arch. . . . [His] technique is wonderfully polished, his characters and their situations are nicely drawn . . . wraps up (maybe) a corner of a very interesting universe."
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By Larry Niven
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Released: 2007-10-16
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Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. Teaming up with fellow SF writer Edward M. Lerner, Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at the Human-Puppeteer (Citizens) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel.  Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs is among the best and brightest of her people. She gratefully serves the gentle race that rescued her ancestors from a dying starship, gave them a world, and nurtures them still. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten’s people came fromÂ….  Â
A chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy’s core has unleashed a wave of lethal radiation that will sterilize the galaxy. The Citizens flee, taking their planets, the Fleet of Worlds, with them.
Someone must scout ahead, and Kirsten and her crew eagerly volunteer. Under the guiding eye of Nessus, their Citizen mentor, they explore for any possible dangers in the Fleet’s path—and uncover long-hidden truths that will shake the foundations of worlds.Â
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By John Hewitt, Lynn Willis, Charlie Krank & Rudy Kraft
Chaosium
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"The Pak looped a million-mile-wide, harder-than-steel ribbon around a star, and set the ribbon spinning. Like a lariat the scrith band spun evenly, in an orbit comparable to Earth's. Air came, and water and soil, and beneath a sun always at high noon lived and died man-like beings who knew no other reality. Mysteriously, the Pak died out, but upon the Ring there came to be many species with intelligence - Ghouls, City Builders, Grass Giants, Machine People - and their empires and destinies grew bright or dimmed... -COMPONENTS- EXPLORER BOOK: introduction, human explorer creation; pursuits and skills; game system; essays on Earth, the Belt, Canyon, Down, Gummidgy, Home, Jinx, Margave, Plateau, Silvereyes, We Made It, Wunderland; Kzin explorer creation and in-depth essay; Puppeteer explorer creation and in-depth essay. HUMAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY: autodocs, computers, drugs, energy systems, autopilots, memory plastics, medicinal and recreational drugs, boosterspice, stasis fields, gravity generators, handguns, heavy weapons, vehicles, vac suits, water tools, much more. CREATURES BOOK: complete statistics and lengthy descriptions for aliens, (including Grogs, Outsiders, Kdatlyno, Dolphins, and Bandersnatchi), hominids (including City Builders, Healers, Ghouls, Grass Giants, Muck Ogres, Hairy Ones, Machine People, Valley People, and Vampires), and unusual Ringworld flora and fauna. RINGWORLD BOOK: essays on Ringworld history, the Pak, rishathra, the structure of Ringworld, the shadow-squares, scrith, mysteries of Ringworld, energy and power, Fist-of-God, eyestorms and punctures, the rim transport system, attitude jets, control and repair centers, and more; Ringworld hominid technological devices and weapons; a complete introductory journey to and adventure on the surface of Ringworld; gamemastering tips; plus much more. OTHER COMPONENTS include explorer sheets, game reference sheets, visions of Ringworld (four essays), the Ringworld printout. |
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By Niven Larry
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By Larry Niven
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By Larry and Jerry Pournelle Niven
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By Larry Niven
Orbit Books
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