Ringworld

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Paperback

English language

Published June 23, 1997 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-345-41840-1
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OCLC Number:
38306875

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The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference around a sun. The series is composed of four standalone science fiction novels, the original award-winning book and its three subsequent sequels: 1970: Ringworld 1980: The Ringworld Engineers 1996: The Ringworld Throne 2004: Ringworld's Children The core series was developed with three side series of prequels set in the same Ringworld universe, and written in collaboration: 1988–2009: Man-Kzin Wars (by various edited by Niven) 2007–2010: Fleet of Worlds (by Niven and Edward M. Lerner) 2010-2011: Juggler of Worlds (by Niven and Edward M. Lerner)

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I had a hard time putting this book down when I needed to do something besides read. The story is very interesting, and a lot is revealed about the setting and situation through the story instead of using basic boring description.

I've heard people complain about how this book treats female characters as being very flat and not very intelligent, but it seems that Teela is the only flat female character. Halrloprillalar is only flat because she doesn't have very many pages to develop.

I have the rest of the Ringworld series and I will read those as well.

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Subjects

  • Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Life on other planets
  • Science Fiction