FREE RINGWORLDS CHILDREN PDF Larry Niven | 284 pages | 01 Jun 2005 | St Martin's Press | 9780765341020 | English | New York, United States Ringworld - Wikipedia Ringworld's Children is a science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niventhe Ringworlds Children in the Ringworld series set in the Known Space universe. It describes the continuing adventures of Louis Ringworlds Children and companions on Ringworld. The novel's plot is largely Ringworlds Children with the so-called Fringe War. All the intelligent species of Known Space are interested in the Ringworld. In the novel, they engage in a Cold War of sorts actually begun in the previous novel, The Ringworld Throne on the fringe of the Ringworld star system. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ringworld's Children First edition. Dewey Decimal. The Ringworld series by Larry Niven. Categories : American novels science fiction novels American science fiction novels Known Space Ringworlds Children Novels by Larry Niven Tor Books books Fiction set in the 29th century s science fiction novel stubs. Hidden Ringworlds Children All stub articles. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. First edition. The Ringworld Throne. Known Space. This article about a s science fiction novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. Ringworld's Children (Ringworld Series #4) by Larry Niven, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® That summer, I really needed the solace of good, hard SF to escape, if just fleetingly, some harsh realities, same reality having given Ringworlds Children long days Ringworlds Children nights to read and listen. So, without really making Ringworlds Children decision to do so but compelled by circumstances, I started a re-read of the Ringworld series. The publication history Ringworlds Children the series was such that one book came out every ten years, on average. And so each book read provided a reflection of a de. And so Ringworlds Children book read provided a reflection of a decade of life, the places and friends, the situations and milestones when each book was read. Fiction, particularly the science fiction of the Ringworld books, it turned out, was nothing more than dressed-up reality. I never left the Ringworld. Finally, the series raises its intensity at book 4, combining even more fascinating discoveries about the BDO Big Dumb Object with Ringworlds Children space opera. Consider : the rest of Known Space has come to the Ringworld, various civilizations and factions lured by untold riches, Kzinti and humans, Trinocs and puppeteers, Outsiders too. They are held at bay, barely, at the fringes of the local system by a sun-based meteor defense, powerful beyond their ken. War breaks out as the navies vie for position and advantage. While on the Ringworld, Louis Wu plays deadly chess games with the bloodline-preserving Pak protectors. With antimatter Ringworlds Children punching holes in the Ringworld material, its trillions of inhabitants seem headed for certain doom. I was surprised by how much action and suspense there was in this book, certainly a lot more than I remember. Plus, Children puts forth some interesting sfnal elements, view spoiler [ a superconductor grid underneath the Ringworld controlled from the Throne or Repair Center, massive hydrodynamic effects that induce solar flares, x-ray lasers on the shadow squares Ringworlds Children blast meteors and intruders, protectors grown from different hominids vying for dominance, even nanotech makes its first appearance in the series as the basis for an advanced autodoc and repair of the scrith, more extrapolations on Teela Brown's lucky genes, hide spoiler ] all of which seemed to have gone unnoticed or unremarked previously. The main story is, certainly, about the children. Niven is coyly philosophical about who these children are. First, there Ringworlds Children the "children" of the original visitors, Louis Wu, Teela Ringworlds Children Speaker Ringworlds Children Nessus is once again missing. Then, there are the genetic lines of individual protectors from different species. And finally, there are all the hominids of the Ringworld all descended from the original builders. The emotional depth of the story derives from plight of each class of "children". In the end, Niven does not disappoint. His resolutions are precise and deliciously convoluted as Mobius Ringworlds Children. The ending is like a sucker punch to the gut in its Ringworlds Children and unexpected enormity, echoes of another Niven thriller, Footfall. Ringworld's Children is a truly entertaining read which many readers will not get to because of the slog though the previous entry in the series book 3 - Throne. I am quite glad I re-read this and happily change my rating to 5 stars. It was at least as entertaining as book 2 The Ringworld Engineers. Ringworlds Children would have been a fitting end to the series, but we know there is a fifth book. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other Ringworlds Children. Enlarge Ringworlds Children. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven. Ringworld's Children Ringworld 4 by Larry Niven. Welcome to a world like no other. The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band 3 million times the surface area of Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to Ringworlds Children of Ringworlds Children, not all of which are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe. Explorer Louis Wu, an Earth-born human who was part Ringworlds Children th Welcome to a world like no other. Explorer Louis Wu, an Earth-born human who was part of the first expedition to Ringworld, becomes enmeshed in interplanetary and interspecies intrigue as Ringworlds Children, and a powerful new weapon, threaten to tear the Ringworld apart forever. Now, the future of Ringworld lies in the actions of its children: Tunesmith, the Ghoul protector; Acolyte, the exiled son of Speaker-to-Animals, and Wembleth, a strange Ringworld native with a mysterious past. All must play a dangerous game in order to save Ringworld's population, and the stability of Ringworld itself. Blending awe-inspiring science with non-stop action and fun, Ringworld's Childrenthe fourth installment of the multiple award-winning saga, is the perfect introduction for readers new to this New York Times bestselling series, and long-time fans of Larry Niven's Ringworld. Get A Copy. Mass Market Paperbackpages. Published April 1st by Tor Books first published June 1st More Details Original Title. Ringworld 4Known Space. Other Editions Ringworlds Children Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers Ringworlds Children about Ringworld's Childrenplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Ringworld's Children Ringworld, 4. Nov 19, Michael rated it it was amazing Ringworlds Children aliensfictionscience-fictionspace-opera. I totally loved this return to Ringworld, the mysterious artificial world that has the surface area of a million Earths and populated by hundreds of hominid species that have evolved there from human ancestors placed there a half-million years earlier. Destroying the functionality of the Ringworld and thereby killing its inhabitants is one soluti I totally loved this return to Ringworld, the mysterious artificial world that has the surface area of a million Earths and populated by hundreds of hominid species that have evolved there from human ancestors placed there a half-million years earlier. Destroying the functionality of the Ringworlds Children and thereby killing its inhabitants is one solution to reach that goal. This tale, 4th in the series, is concerned with the efforts of a multispecies group to head off such a disaster. Ringworlds Children found the characters wonderful, the technologies marvelous, and the plot filled with exciting puzzles and thrilling action. The kind of escapist literature that also expands my mind's horizons. Our hero Louis Wu, an Earth-born human, wakes up from nanotech treatment in an advanced auto-doc to find his two-hundred plus year old body now that of a twenty year-old. He learns he is still an effective slave of Tunesmith, an incredibly advanced creature known as a Protector who has taken charge of the vast Ringworld defense and repair facilities. His value to Tunesmith lies in his knowledge of the species involved in the Fringe War. Any means to an end will do, and if he needs Louis to be smarter and more dedicated, he could give him tree-of-life root, which will turn him into a Protector too. You may have noticed that all of the species reflect psychological extremes found among humans, Ringworlds Children that Ringworlds Children both strengths and weaknesses. They encounter some folks from away, a potentially hostile crew from the human military security division ARM. Just when Louis begins to feel happy being human again, he gets captured by another super being, an advanced hominid female who claims to be descended from the Ringworld builders. Despite many reasons to be enemies with each other, they all get motivated to work together to help save Ringworld and its inhabitants. Each emergency leads Tunesmith to devise new technologies and bold strategies for the team. Since the four books in the series came out about one a decade, Niven took the effort to make the Ringworlds Children capable of standing alone. Ultimately it provided a playground for Niven to bring all of his wonderful species together in a big multifaceted adventure.