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Ringworld

Larry Niven · 1970 · Novel

Setting: far future (29th century)

Series: Ringworld — #1

Universe: Tales of Known Space

Synopsis

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.

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Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: American Science fictionFictionFiction, science fiction, generalHugo Award WinnerLong Now Manual for CivilizationRingworld (Imaginary place)Ringworld (imaginary place), fictionScience fictionaward:hugo_award=1971award:hugo_award=novelhugo-winner

isfdb_id: 1298

openlibrary_id: OL510405W

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