This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of ringworld by larry niven. The first edition of the novel was published in 1970, and was written by larry niven. Ringworld, the ringworld engineers, the ringworld throne, and ringworlds children. Science fiction books pulp fiction larry niven classic sci fi books sci fi novels fantasy book covers movie covers retro futurism sci fi fantasy. Ringworld is part of nivens known space series of books, and a vast array of spin offs expand the background of the kzinti for example, and the overall concept is really interesting, particularly where humans, pushing forward with their own advances into space and longevity, are exposed to vastly superior technology that baffles the imagination. The ringworld engineers is a hugo and locus awardnominated 1979 science fiction novel by larry niven, set in his known space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature.
Aug 08, 2008 the three sequels to ringworld present three different accounts, or tales, of what happened to teela brown following the events of ringworld. First published in 1970, this award winning novel is set in the year 2850, as four explorers two human and two alien explore a mysterious ringworld. Out on the lawn, under a hazy earlymorning sun, was a mixed group of ennui victims and xenophiles. Teela on the ringworld teela on the ringworld by arcasart on deviantart see more. Also the characters were interesting and likable, especially the luck of teela brown is an interesting concept woven through the main story. Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by larry niven, set in his known space universe and.
Without flatlander bodypaint, his brown eyes show no discernible slant and his yellow brown skinned features are a blended fusion of earths many races. Pov characters louis wu nessus teela brown beowulf shaeffer speakertoanimals gil hamilton. The concept is of a gigantic ring encircling a star, with the living space on the inside. It is the first sequel to nivens ringworld and was nominated for both the hugo and locus awards in 1981. The ringworld engineers however, it seems the teela brown gene is misnamed. The ringworld engineers novel larry niven wiki fandom. The graphic novel, part one, covering the events of the novel up to the sunflower attack on speaker, was released on july 8, 2014. The technology in this particular book, ringworld, is fascinating, a constructed ring around a star with a.
When he appears in ringworld, louis is 62 188 cm tall. Ringworld quotes by larry niven goodreads share book. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. In the known space stories, niven had created a number of technological devices gp hull, stasis field, ringworld material which, combined with the teela brown gene, made it very difficult to construct engaging stories beyond a certain datethe combination of factors made it tricky to produce any kind of creditable threatproblem without. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Her sole qualification was that she was descended from lucky ancestors, six generations of whom were born as a result of winning earths birthright lottery. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
This book is fairly slow going but if i hadnt made notes i might have forgotten it. Click download or read online button to get ringworld book now. But, at the risk of sounding like one of his bubbleheaded heroines, i just didnt get most of the science in ringworld. Stopping at a river valley carved in the scrith, the ringworld exploration team parks their flycycles and takes a break. This book is about exploring the ringworld yet of the 12 or so hours it takes four and a half to even reach the planet. All the ringworld novels tie into numerous other books set in known space. Teela is perfectly safe under ordinary circumstances, even from emotional pain, due to her luck, and this has left her stunted psychologically, unable to empathize with the pain of others, in spite of her clear intelligence several examples show how smart teela is. Ringworld has been criticized by some as having characters which are. Louis wu an old crafty human teela brown a human bred for luck speakertoanimals a warrior kzin alien imagine a giant tiger nessus a puppeteer alien from a paranoid, high tech race image. Ringworld on the ringworld, teela s experiences and the traumas she endured matured her and allowed her to empathize with others. It was built by the pak, who later through infighting left it mostly protector free.
The known space universe began in 1966 with larrys debut novel, world of ptavvs. Jun, 2017 back in around 1980, when i read larry nivens multiaward winning ringworld 1970 for the first time, it totally blew my mind. Teela was a member of the crew recruited by puppeteer. In ringworld, 200yearold human louis wu is recruited by a twoheaded alien named nessus to join him, a catlike warrior alien named speaker, and the infinitely lucky human teela brown to explore an alien artifact. Teela brown was a member of the crew recruited by puppeteer nessus for an expedition to the ringworld. Speakertoanimals speaker, who is a kzin, and teela brown, a young human woman who becomes louiss lover, also join the crew. Teela was a member of the crew recruited by puppeteer nessus for an expedition to the ringworld.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. I dont remember how accurate the lasers it fired when they first arrive was, but im pretty sure it would kill master chief. Master chief versus teela brown spacebattles forums. Although certain events during the first ringworld expedition seemed to indicate teela s luck was far beyond anything explainable by random chance, her death at an early age during the second ringworld expedition indicates that if she did have. She is teela brown, a product of many generations who won the right to reproduce in birthright lotteries. The graphic novel, part one, covering the events of the novel up to the sunflower attack on. 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 sciencefiction magazines. Piersons puppeteers, the aliens who discovered it, are understandably wary of encountering the builders of such an immense structure and have assembled a team of two humans, a mad puppeteer and a kzin, a huge catlike alien, to explore it.
The character dialogue started out very stilted but did improve over time. The lawn was one of those tended according to the ancient british formula. Teela on the ringworld by robcaswell science fiction art. Larry niven may be americas greatest living hardsf writer. It spins to mimic gravity, and has walls a thousand miles high to keep the air from spilling off its sides. The team consists of nessus, a piersons puppeteer, humans louis wu and teela brown, and speakertoanimals, a kzin warrior. Teela brown wanders to the bank of the etched river as louis wu nags her not to get too close, lest there be semiamphibious carnivores lurking beneath the glassy surface. By the end of the first ringworld expedition, teela had fallen in love with seeker, and remained on the ringworld with him when the expedition left.
I love that the story of ringworld is being introduced to a new and wider audience with this graphic adaption. A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. Speakertoanimals speaker, who is a kzin, and teela brown, a young human woman who becomes louis lover, also join the crew. Since i was just introduced to graphic novels this year, i was excited that larry niven came out with a graphic novel for ringworld. When i recognized this repeated imagery, my picture of the novel changed quite a bit. Pdf ringworld book by larry niven free download 288 pages. Teela brown teela brown was a member of the crew recruited by puppeteer nessus for an expedition to the ringworld.
The graphic novel, part one, twohundredyearold human louis wu is recruited by a twoheaded alien named nessus to join him, a catlike warrior alien named speaker, and the infinitely lucky human teela brown to explore an alien artifact. The main characters of this science fiction, fiction story are louis gridley wu, teela brown. While the ring world would seem to be the focus of the book and was, in fact, quite interesting i found that it was the, more or less, related ideas that made the story sing. The novel is based around travelling to and investigating a mysterious artificial world. The ringworld is an artificial world with a surface area three million times larger than earths, built in the shape of a giant ring shaped ribbon a million miles wide and with a diameter of 186 million miles. Later, on page 322 chapter 23, louis compares teela to a hollow mask, using much the same words and images that he previously used in describing the ring. Such a ring would have an inhabitable surface area equal to almost three million planets the size of the earth. Teela brown, in particular, made for a boring love interest, and there was a singularly unconvincing back story about her having been bred to. Buy a cheap copy of ringworlds children book by larry niven. Ringworld is a lot like lost, but theres a crucial difference. They first go to the puppeteer home world, where they learn that the expeditions goal is to investigate the ringworld, 3 a gigantic artificial ring, to see if it poses any threat. This would cause approximately earthlike conditions on the entire inner surface of the ring. Teela brown is currently still in control of the ringworld defense grid and a human protector, so if he isnt at least on the ring s mars, then hes dead. The ringworld engineers is a 1980 science fiction novel by american writer larry niven.
Ring world mondoworks mondoworks mondolithic studios. Teela brown, the fourth main character, is a young woman who is an odd man. Oct, 2000 a sort of uber world envisioned by larry niven. The first book was published in 1970, and the last did not appear until 2004. The old scifi book ringworld larry niven dont think if read this looks good. Ive read the ringworld engineers, which is the last book in the series and erm, spoilers ahead. It also included louis wu, teela brown, and an overworked bartender. Teela was a member of the crew recruited by puppeteer nessus for an. In ringworlds children we learn that teela brown and seeker had a child, who remained on the ringworld after the end of the. It is inhabited by a number of different evolved hominid species, as well as bandersnatchi, martians. The book has been awarded with hugo award for best novel 1971, nebula award for best novel 1970 and many others.
The universe includes ringworld, the ringworld prequels, the mankzin series and several standalone novels. Much of the work dealing with the ringworld is about the difficulties of such a large world. Ye, yes its nivens ring world, but cmon, i think we can share. Teela brown is a fictional character created by larry niven in the ringworld novels.
They first go to the puppeteer home world, where they learn that the expeditions goal is to investigate the ringworld to see if it poses any threat. Tor books and seven seas entertainment are publishing a twopart manga adaptation of ringworld, with the script written by robert mandell and the artwork by sean lam. This is a list of fictional characters featured in the known space novels by larry niven. Below is a list of larry nivens known space and ringworld books in order of when they were originally published and in chronological order. At the center of the ring rests this unusual worlds sun. Ive probably read this book 10 times since ye, yes its nivens ring world, but cmon, i think we can share. Ringworld by larry niven the ringworld engineers by larry niven. The artefact is a circular ribbon of matter six hundred million miles long and ninety million miles in radius. Im sure that i have already read this book once a long time ago probably about ten to twelve years ago, and that was probably in danish anyway i had forgotten most of the important stuff and everything that would have spoiled the story for me. Also, we learn what really happened to teela brown, and niven gets to bust out most of the new big ideas about ringworld physics he and other people have come up with since the original this book takes the story to bigger and flashier places, when ringworlds existence is threatened by a war between different species that have gathered in the. The internet seems to want me to believe that larry niven is a terrifically hard like, rock, like platinum scifi writer, that his books are firmly ground in the theoretical physics of his time. I think its just about impossible to read about worflike kzin speaker and piersons puppeteer nessus and not feel some modicum of affection for them. Clarkes childhoods end are under development at syfy. Nessus a trembling coward, a puppeteer with a builtin survival pattern on nonviolence.
Teela brown teela brown is a fictional character created by larry niven in the ringworld novels. Seeking a challenge, and all too capable of handling it. The human characters are likewise endearing, if a little less wellfleshed out. Publication date 19940201 topics ringworld, kzinti, known space, louis wu, teela brown, protector, puppeteers, outsiders, general products collection.
Louis gridley wu, a fictional character, is the protagonist in the ringworld series of books, written by larry niven louis wu was born in 2650 to carlos wu and sharrol janss. Louiss eyes had followed it down as far as they could penetrate the void mist. The contradictory nature of these accounts is confusing. Character inspiration character design larry niven sci fi characters fictional characters character design larry niven sci fi characters fictional characters. This is a artistic rendering of what it might be on the surface of the ring world c michael r. 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. Ringworld project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. He ends up saving the ringworld at the cost of trillions of lives only a fraction of the inhabitants, but still, and having to kill teela, who had become a protector. Luckafflicted human teela brown is intentionally empty, but this makes her attraction to louis wu lessthan. Ringworld chapter 18, the perils of teela brown summary. Much of his sf belongs to his famous future history, the tales of known space.
Following this, nessus talks about how ringworld is a trap once civilization falls. Picture a world the size of neptune that wanders into orbit about a. I had never read anything that conveyed the feeling of bigness so powerfully and so well. This world turns out to actually be an artificial structure, created not by a force of nature, but by this quasi planets strange inhabitants. Ringworld is a science fiction novel by larry niven, published in 1970. Nessus convinces louis, a catlike warrioralien kzin called speakertoanimals, and a 20yearold woman named teela brown for whom the puppeteer has been searching for some time to sign. Books ringworld the ringworld engineers the ringworld throne ringworlds children fleet of worlds juggler of worlds destroyer of worlds betrayer of worlds fate of worlds.
Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes. It is the first of the sequels to the hugo and nebula awardwinning novel ringworld, and has ties into numerous other books set in known space. The technology in this particular book, ringworld, is fascinating, a constructed ring around a star. The long fall river, on that world, ends in the tallest waterfall in known space. To clarify matters, the three separate accounts are summarized separately in this article. The surface of this planet, unlike our round earth, is flat and long like a ribbon, and forms a circle, or ring.
They first go to the puppeteer home world, where they learn that the expeditions goal is to investigate the ringworld, a gigantic artificial ring, to see if it poses any threat. Free download or read online ringworld pdf epub book. It would have a radius of 1 au, and be spinning at 770 misec to give it 1 earth gravity. Ringworld is a science fiction novel by the award winning author larry niven. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format. Brown girl in the ring by hopkinson, nalo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It took 8 12 hours before all the story setup was finished. Roleplaying adventure beneath the great arch, cover by ralph mcquarrie, game design by.
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