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Science Fiction · 1985 · PG-13

Ringworld Engineers

by Larry Niven

Louis Wu returns to Ringworld — and discovers it is falling out of orbit.

A return voyage to the astonishing world of Larry Niven’s Ringworld, with even more remarkable adventures and surprises, and a solution to that tantalizing question left from the earlier book: how was Ringworld built and by whom? It’s been twenty years since the quixotic and worldsweary Louis Wu discovered the Ringworld. Now he and Speaker-To-Animals 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

For14+GenreScience FictionLength307 pagesRead time~8.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Violence; alien combat

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

Some

Adult sexual content; alien species and human liaisons

Substance Use

Some

Wirehead addiction themes

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Themes of addiction, vast engineering, and second chances

What this book is about

The 1980 sequel to Ringworld follows Louis Wu, kidnapped by the Kzin Chmeee and the Puppeteer Hindmost and forced to return to the Ringworld, which is drifting into its sun. Features violence, adult content, and addictive wire technology. For older teens and adults.

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Addiction themes

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