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Ringworld

Ringworld

Hugo 1971

by Larry Niven

Hugo Award Winneraward:hugo_award=1971award:hugo_award=novelFiction, science fiction, generalRingworld (imaginary place), fiction
3.9
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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)

Themes & subjects

Hugo Award Winneraward:hugo_award=1971award:hugo_award=novelFiction, science fiction, generalRingworld (imaginary place), fictionFiction

About the author

Larry Niven
Larry Niven

April 30, 1938

**Laurence van Cott Niven** — known as *Larry Niven* — is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource. Niven was born in Los Angeles. He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and gradua…

Author

Larry Niven

Pages

340

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

49

Languages

English, Spanish, French

Publisher

Ballantine Books

ISBN

9788427003811

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