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Ringworld

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. Niven later…

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Author
Larry Niven
Genre
Science fiction
Publication date
October 1970
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Awards
Locus Award for Best Novel (1971)
Followed by
The Ringworld Engineers, 1979

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related to Concepts reused · 35
Ringworld → At, Beowulf Shaeffer, Boosterspice, Core, Death, Earth, Ecstasy, Flash Crowd, General Products, If, II, Impact, In, Known Space, Mentioned, Most Ringworld, Neutron Star, Notably, On, Point-to-point
related to In other works · 32
Ringworld → All, Boba Fett, Bowl, Episode, Fantasy, Forstchen, Fun, Glavis, Gregory Benford, Halo, Halo Array, Heaven, In Ernest Cline's, It, January, Jerry Oltion, Most, Niven, Niven's, Niven's Ringworld
related to Plot summary · 19
Ringworld → AD, Despite, Earth's, Earths, Intrigued, It, Kzin Speaker-to-Animals, Kzinti, Louis, Louis Wu, Louis's, Nessus, Night, On, On Earth, Pierson's, Teela Brown, The Ringworld, When
related to Influence · 18
Ringworld → Banks' Culture Orbitals, Big Dumb Object, Boba Fett, Cradle, Halo, Iain, In, Lower Decks, Niven's Ringworld, Other, Paramount, Ringworld-like, Ringworlds, Star Trek, Star Wars, Such, The Book, Vexilon
related to Errors · 16
Ringworld → After, Earth, If, In, It's, Louis Wu, MIT, Moving, Niven, One, The, The Ringworld, The Ringworld Engineers, This, Worldcon, Wu
related to Games · 16
Ringworld → Bible, Chaosium, Hewitt, In, Information, John Hewitt, Man-Kzin Wars, MKW, Niven, Patriarch, Return, Revenge, RPG, The Ringworld Roleplaying Game, Tsunami Games, Within ARM's Reach
related to OEL manga · 13
Ringworld → Afro Samurai, English-language, July, Macmillan's Tor Books, November, Part One, Part Two, Robert Mandell, Sean Lam, Seven Seas Entertainment, Speaker, The Graphic Novel, Tor/Seven Seas
related to External links · 12
Ringworld → Appendix, Aspects, Concordance, Known Space, Ringworld Archived, RingworldPhysical, RingworldRingworld, The Incompleat Known Space, The RingworldEncyclopedia, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineRingworlds, Worlds Without EndThe Physics
related to Reception · 11
Ringworld → Algis Budrys, Best Novel, Big Dumb Object, Brown, Charles, Hugo Award, It, Locus Award, Nebula Award, Reviewers, The
related to Books in series · 10
Ringworld → Betrayer, Destroyer, Fate, Fleet, Juggler, Return, Ringworld's Children, The Ringworld Engineers, The Ringworld Throne, Worlds

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RingworldAuthorLarry Niven1.00infobox
RingworldAwardsLocus Award for Best Novel (1971)1.00infobox
RingworldFollowed byThe Ringworld Engineers, 19791.00infobox
RingworldGenreScience fiction1.00infobox
RingworldIllustratorDean Ellis1.00infobox
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RingworldLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
RingworldMedia typePrint (hardcover, paperback), audiobook1.00infobox
RingworldPages342 pages1.00infobox
RingworldPublication dateOctober 19701.00infobox
RingworldPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
RingworldPublisherBallantine Books1.00infobox
RingworldSeriesRingworld storyline from Known Space1.00infobox
Ringworldis a1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven0.90text

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