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Ringworld Throne

By Larry Niven

By Larry Niven

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Part of Ringworld

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Mar 30, 1997 | ISBN 9780345412966

Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven
Mass Market Paperback $7.99
Mar 30, 1997 | ISBN 9780345412966

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About Ringworld Throne

Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered.  A place of untold technological wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written!

The human, Louis Wu; the puppeteer known as the Hindmost; Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee . . . legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld.

Something is going on with the Protectors. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld.  Vampires are massing. And the Ghouls have their own agenda—if anyone dares approach them to learn.

Each race on the Ringworld has always had its own Protector. Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a Protector. But who will sit on the Ringworld Throne?

“Niven’s work has been an intriguing and consistent universe, and this book is the keystone of the arch. . . . [His] technique is wonderfully polished, his characters and their situations are nicely drawn . . . wraps up (maybe) a corner of a very interesting universe.”—San Diego Union-Tribune

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About Larry Niven

Larry Niven was born in 1938 in Los Angeles, California. In 1956, he entered the California Institute of Technology, only to flunk out a year and a half later after discovering a bookstore jammed with used science-fiction magazines. He graduated… More about Larry Niven

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
Published by Del Rey
Mar 30, 1997 | 368 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345412966
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“Niven’s work has been an intriguing and consistent universe, and this book is the keystone of the arch. . . . [His] technique is wonderfully polished, his characters and their situations are nicely drawn . . . wraps up (maybe) a corner of a very interesting universe.”—San Diego Union-Tribune

Author Essay

Long ago and far away, Larry Niven intended to write a big book for Del Rey.  It was to continue another series, not Ringworld, and eventually it became clear that this new book just wasn’t coming to life for him.  So there we were in Florida, walking from the hotel to the convention center, when Larry worriedly confessed to me that the book wasn’t happening.  "You know," I said understandingly, "it doesn’t have to be this particular book.  If you wanted to write a different ‘big’ book, that would be okay.  Say, another Ringworld book."  (Okay, so I was being a bit manipulative!)  I didn’t think anything would come of that–until Barbara Hambly talked Larry into doing a Ringworld story for her vampire anthology and the rest is history.
                        –Shelly Shapiro, Executive Editor

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