Ringworld

Name: Ringworld
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780575077027
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By Larry Niven

Series: S.F. Masterworks

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Ringworld by Larry Niven is a science fiction novel that follows a group of explorers as they embark on a journey to investigate a massive artificial ring orbiting a distant star. The story delves into their adventures and the discoveries they make on this enigmatic, habitable megastructure. With complex characters and intriguing science-fiction concepts, the novel explores themes of exploration and the nature of the universe.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by epic space exploration, imaginative world-building, and complex interstellar politics. This science fiction classic combines thrilling adventure with the concept of an enormous artificial ring structure orbiting a distant star, providing a rich tapestry of storytelling for fans of futuristic technologies and alien encounters.

Ringworld

Return to the classical hard-science fiction of the kind popular in the Golden Age

'Magnificent' James Blish 'Niven has ideas the size of planets' Time Out 'Totally believable...one is impressed most by Niven's universe and the way he exploits vast spaces, dizzying mathematics, and huge units of time and matter' Observer. 'Return to the classical hard-science fiction of the kind popular in the Golden Age. Niven's imagination is 3-D and detailed, and his style is lucid and appealing' Frederik Pohl Winner of the Hugo and the Nebula awards An immensely popular modern classic.

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Pierson's puppeteers, strange, three-legged, two-headed aliens, have discovered an immense structure in a hitherto unexplored part of the universe. Frightened of meeting the builders of such a structure, the puppeteers set about assembling a team consisting of two humans, a puppeteer, and a kzin, an alien not unlike an eight-foot-tall, red-furred cat, to explore it.

The artefact is a vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with a sun at its centre — the Ringworld. But the expedition goes disastrously wrong when the ship crash-lands and its motley crew faces a trek across thousands of miles of the Ringworld's surface.

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Ringworld by Larry Niven is widely praised for its imaginative setting and ambitious scope, as it explores a vast artificial world with rich detail. Critics often commend the novel's innovative concepts and the intriguing speculative science it presents. However, some reviewers note that character development can feel secondary to the grand ideas driving the plot. Overall, it remains a beloved classic in science fiction for its visionary world-building and intellectual depth.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780575077027

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 June 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 252g

Pages: 288

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Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Larry Niven Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: S.F. Masterworks

About the Author

Larry Niven was born in California in 1938 and studied mathematics at Washburn University, Kansas. His first published science-fiction story was The Coldest Place in 1964 and he immediately established himself as a significant figure in the science-fiction world, winning four Hugos for short fiction. Ringworld is the most important novel in his future history, Tales of Known Space sequence. He has also collaborated, most notably with Jerry Pournelle on The Mote in God's Eye, Oath of Fealty, Inferno, Lucifer's Hammer and Footfall.