mass market paperback, 342 pages

English language

Published April 29, 1970 by Ballantine Books.

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978-0-345-33392-6
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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. Lerner)

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Very episodic feel to the exploration of a huge object. Props for the concept, but the characters are somewhat flat.

Before this novel, Larry Niven wrote several stories in his Known Space universe, and he is clearly comfortable with that timeline and those aliens. Here, a few of them are assembled to encounter a huge object with descriptions in Hard SF. This exploration has a very episodic feel to it, and some of the physics apparently had minor errors which were corrected in later books.

Some of the interplay between characters is interesting, and they are definitely alien in motivation and description. They do not grow much beyond those beginnings, though. Niven's writing of women is disappointing.

While I read [b:Rendezvous with Rama|112537|Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405456427s/112537.jpg|1882772] and many other classics as a kid, I somehow missed this series. I've seen quite a few reviews suggesting that a …

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