Ringworld series

Science fiction novel series by Larry Niven
Ringworld series
AuthorLarry Niven
IllustratorDean Ellis
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublishedAugust 1970 (1970-2012)

The Ringworld series is a series of science fiction novels written by American author Larry Niven. It is part of his Known Space set of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference around a star. The series is composed of four standalone science fiction novels, the original award-winning book and its three sequels:

  • 1970: Ringworld
  • 1980: The Ringworld Engineers
  • 1996: The Ringworld Throne
  • 2004: Ringworld's Children

The companion novels to the Ringworld series are set in the same "Known Space" universe and all written by Niven and Edward M. Lerner:

  • 2007: Fleet of Worlds
  • 2008: Juggler of Worlds
  • 2009: Destroyer of Worlds
  • 2010: Betrayer of Worlds
  • 2012: Fate of Worlds
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The Ringworld series by Larry Niven
Known Space
Original novels
Companion novels
Games based on the series
  • Ringworld RPG
  • Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch
  • Return to Ringworld
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Known Space
Ringworld
Man-Kzin Wars1
 
Fleet of Worlds2
The Magic Goes Away
Written with
Jerry Pournelle
Moties3
Heorot4
Dream Park4
The State
Co-authored novels
Other collections
Short stories
Essays
TV episodes written
  1. Collections by Niven or others
  2. With Edward M. Lerner
  3. Set in the CoDominium series
  4. With Steven Barnes
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