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The Ringworld Engineers

The Ringworld Series, Book 2

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It’s been 20 years since the quixotic and worldsweary Louis Wu discovered the Ringworld. Now he and SpeakertoAnimals are going back, captives of the Hindmost, a deposed puppeteer leader.

With Louis’ help, the Hindmost intends to regain his status by bringing back such extraordinary treasures from the Ringworld that his fellow puppeteers will have to be impressed. But when they arrive, Louis discovers that the Ringworld is no longer stable - and will destroy itself within months. To survive, he must locate the control center of the legendary engineers who built the planet.

His quest becomes a wild and gripping venture blended with the mysteries and spectacular technologies that only Larry Niven can conjure.

©1980 Larry Niven (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction

Critic reviews

"The Ringworld Engineers has all the imaginativeness, convincing detail, and narrative vivacity that have come to be associated with the works of Larry Niven. Furthermore, it answers a lot of questions that have been tantalizing his readers for a long time. Most highly recommended!” (Poul Anderson)
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enjoyable syory as a way to explain how life and cultures may evolve and develop in a future with abundant technology and theories about megastructures, as implausible as a ringworld may be.

enjoyable story

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There is just enough in this series to keep buying more. Just. I will go one more and make a final decision

Good story but sooooo slow

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This is a classic sifi book . They just dont last long enough. Roll on my next credit

a classic

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I really enjoyed this. I had read ringworld in my youth and listened again a few months ago. So thought I would listen to this. It is a bit like a crossover TV series. It brings in stories from other Niven books. HBO series because lots of "reshathra" (no idea of spelling). You will have to listen to understand.

Should be a hbo series.

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Sci-fi sequel with charming characters, satisfying payoffs, and a few awkward descriptions from Mr. Niven. The premise unfolds to become more and more intriguing.

Intriguing

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