This book presents ideas that allow for hours of thought. Larry nivens 1970 hugo award winner, ringworld, is arguably one of the most influential science fiction novels of the past 50 years. The artefact is a circular ribbon of matter six hundred million miles. Ringworld, the ringworld engineers, the ringworld throne, and ringworlds children. If you have not yet read larry nivens four ringworld novels ringworld. Ringworld has been criticized by some as having characters which are underdeveloped and somewhat twodimensional. The first book was published in 1970, and the last did not appear until 2004. Larry niven ringworlds children audiobook duration.
This volume is not merely the sequel to betrayer of worlds. Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by larry niven, set in his known space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. Fate of worlds return from the ringworld known space. Piersons puppeteers, often known just as puppeteers, are a fictional alien race from american author larry niven s known space books. I also felt like it could be a stand alone book, but, to get the full enjoyment from it, you should read the previous fleet of worlds books at least destroyer and. Prelude to ringworld fleet of worlds series book 4 kindle edition by niven, larry, lerner, edward m download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This book was more an exercise in world building than anything else. Niven later added three sequel novels and then cowrote, with edward m.
A novel a del rey book,the ringworld engineers,the ringworld throne and ringworlds children then stop, take a deep breath, and read those four novels before you read this volume. Return from the ringworld fleet of worlds series book 5 kindle edition by niven, larry, lerner, edward m download it once and read it on. The ringworld series is a series of science fiction novels written by american author larry niven. Ringworld tells the story of louis wu and his companions on a mission to the ringworld, a rotating wheel space station, an alien construct in space 186 million miles in diameter. The fleet of worlds subseries, consisting of this book and its four sequels.
Prelude to ringworld fleet of worlds series book 4. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. For two hundred and fifty years men had not attacked the. The race first appeared in nivens novella, neutron star. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading betrayer of worlds. For the most part it feels like the point of the book is lets explore this awesome dyson. For two hundred and fifty years the kzinti had not attacked human space.