Ringworld: A Novel (A Del Rey book)
A story of exploring an artificial ring-shaped megastructure called Ringworld. Through discovery and investigation, it reveals the legacy and ecosystems of alien civilizations while tracing human curiosity and the variety of civilizations. It is notable for its original ideas and meticulous worldbuilding.
Work Information
An expedition across an artificial ring world reveals unknown civilizations and ecosystems.
Winner of the 1971 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Larry Niven's best-known work follows an expedition across the Ringworld, combining exploration and survival with precise scientific extrapolation. English-language editions remain widely available, and a Japanese edition has also been published.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Published
- 1985-09-12
- Pages
- 352 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 10.5 x 2.2 x 17.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780345333926
- ISBN-10
- 0345333926
- Price
- 1996 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction/Adventure
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel Four travelers come to the ringworld. . . Louis Wu: human and old; bored with having lived too fully for far too many years. Seeking a challenge, and all too capable of handling it. Nessus: a trembling coward, a puppeteer with a built-in survival pattern of nonviolence. Except that this particular puppeteer is insane. Teela Brown: human; a wide-eyed youngster with no allegiances, no experience, no abilities. And all the luck in the world. Speaker-To-Animals: kzin; large, orange-furred, and carnivorous. And one of the most savage life-forms known in the galaxy. Why did these disparate individuals come together? How could they possibly function together? And where, in the name of anything sane, were they headed?
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 with a B.A. in mathematics (minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Kansas, in 1962, and completed one year of graduate work before he dropped out to write. His first published story, “The Coldest Place,” appeared in the December 1964 issue of Worlds of If . He won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1966 for “Neutron Star” and in 1974 for “The Hole Man.” The 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novelette was given to The Borderland of Sol . His novel Ringworld won the 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1972 Ditmar, an Australian award for Best International Science Fiction.
Reviews
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One of the best SF novels
Everyone who reads Science Fiction has heard of Ringworld. Needless to say, this is a SF classic and rightly so. It gets off to a great start and combines mystery (What is Ringworld? What is the puppeteer agenda? Is there really anything to the Teela luck sublot?) with a good adventure and decent characters. This is certainly SF at its best: the science element mixes perfectly with the fiction element, and it is a fine story even for people who usually do not read SF. However, it does not have the polished "literature" feel that a novel like Hyperion does. Nevertheless, this is a great novel worthy of 5 stars that even people who usually do not read SF will enjoy.
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Só and so
Bland.
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Clásico
Si te gusta Halo y la ciencia ficción, este es obligatorio de leer. Creo que fue la primera novela basada en un hipotético anillo en un punto de Lagrange, y los "titerotes" son una especie interesante aunque con un natural sesgo histórico-cultural en el autor. Recomendable.
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Masterful. Science Fiction at its best
A must read for any SciFi afficionado. Aliens, mysterious space artifacts incredible science, but most of all four people on a fantastic adventure. Like any great story this one lives from their interactions, bravery, pain, emotions and to a non-trivial extent their luck.
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Awesome read
Brilliant
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At Last! 'Known Space' books on Kindle! Just.. brilliant.
Larry Niven is one of the five Greatest Ever sci-fi authors. His creations are so mind-stretching, without being fantasy, and his science is spot on- just the right balance of hard sci-fi and fun. His set of 'known space' books are excellent and should never be lost- I'm so glad they were released to Kindle format! As you are browsing this book, you are probably interested in Sci-Fi. Don't even bother to sample it, just order it! Tanj, you have a great treat in store that I wish I still had! Maybe I am biased, as this author introduced me to reading for recreation when I was an 18 year old tearaway, and Ringworld was the book that did it. Thanks for the gifts Mr Niven.
Related Literary Awards
- Hugo Award Edition 18 (1971) ・Winner