{"product_id":"ringworld-paperback","title":"Ringworld - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cstrong\u003eLarry Niven\u003c\/strong\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour travelers come to the ringworld. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis Wu: \u003c\/strong\u003e human and old; bored with having lived too fully for far too many years. Seeking a challenge, and all too capable of handling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNessus: \u003c\/strong\u003e a trembling coward, a puppeteer with a built-in survival pattern of nonviolence. Except that this particular puppeteer is insane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTeela Brown: \u003c\/strong\u003e human; a wide-eyed youngster with no allegiances, no experience, no abilities. And all the luck in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker-To-Animals: \u003c\/strong\u003e kzin; large, orange-furred, and carnivorous. And one of the most savage life-forms known in the galaxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy did these disparate individuals come together? How could they possibly function together?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd where, in the name of anything sane, were they headed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. There is gravity, and with high walls and its proximity to the sun, a livable new planet that is three million times the area of the Earth can be formed. We can start again!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarry Niven\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eWorlds of If\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Borderland of Sol\u003c\/em\u003e. His novel \u003cem\u003eRingworld\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.87 x 4.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hugo Award (1971)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nebula Awards (1970)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ringworld\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52001096139053,"sku":"9780345333926","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dWtheVgwOGJEQzF2OGVTZmR2eU1IZz09.webp?v=1776635428","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/ringworld-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}