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An edition of Ringworld (1970)

Ringworld.

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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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Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=1971, award:hugo_award=novel, Fiction, science fiction, general, Ringworld (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, Ringworld (Imaginary place), Science fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, American Science fiction, award:nebula_award=novel, Science-fiction, Comic books, strips, Life on other planets, Imaginary wars and battles, Space warfare, Imaginary places, Cartoons and comics, Vie extraterrestre, Bandes dessinées, Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Romans, nouvelles, Guerre spatiale

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Originally published, London: Gollancz, 1972.

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OL19952060M

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OL510405W

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