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Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. Ringworld tells the story of Louis Wu and his companions on a mission to the Ringworld, an enormous rotating ring, an alien construct in space 186 million miles (299 million kilometres) in diameter.
The Ringworld series is a series of science fiction novels written by American author Larry Niven. It is part of his Known Space series of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference circling a star.
The Ringworld is an artificial world with a surface area three million times larger than Earth 's, built in the shape of a giant ring-shaped ribbon a million miles wide and with a diameter of 186 million miles. It was built by the Pak, who later through infighting left it mostly Protector free.
Oct 1, 1970 · Pierson's puppeteers, the aliens who discovered it, are understandably wary of encountering the builders of such an immense structure and have assembled a team of two humans, a mad puppeteer and a kzin, a huge cat-like alien, to explore it.
The Ringworld series consists of four books: Ringworld, The Ringworld Engineers, The Ringworld Throne, and Ringworld’s children. The first book was published in 1970, and the last did not appear until 2004.
Ringworld Series. This is a sub-series of Larry Niven's Known Space universe and eventually merges with the Fleet of Worlds series. Fate of Worlds is the fifth and final book in both the Ringworld series AND the fifth and final book in the Fleet of Worlds series.
Sep 12, 1985 · Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. Four travelers come to the ringworld. . . Louis Wu: human and old; bored with having lived too fully for far too many years. Seeking a challenge, and all too capable of handling it.
