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Ringworld

by Larry Niven

Science fiction

Earliest known edition
1970
Selected edition
paperback
Pages in this edition
342
English editions
3 ↗
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September 12, 1975 · Ballantine Books · eng

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Two humans and two aliens, who are traveling to distant reaches of space to prevent a future catastrophe, crash on a ringworld apparently created by superior technologies.

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EditionPublicationFormatPagesSource
RingworldSelectedSeptember 12, 1975paperback342Open Library ↗
RingworldMarch 12, 1982paperback342Open Library ↗
RingworldFebruary 12, 1981paperback342Open Library ↗
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