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Original Title: The Ringworld Engineers
ISBN: 0345418417 (ISBN13: 9780345418418)
Edition Language: English
Series: Ringworld #2, Known Space
Characters: Louis Gridley Wu, Teela Brown, The Hindmost, Chmeee
Literary Awards: Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1981), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novel (1981)
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Title:The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2)
Author:Larry Niven
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 307 pages
Published:June 23rd 1997 by Del Rey (first published June 3rd 1979)
Categories:Science Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy

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1. Some Non-Trivial Calculus

As the MIT students sang back in 1971:
Oh, the Ringworld is unstable
the Ringworld is unstable
did the best that they were able
and it's good enough for me!
People who want the details should check out Non-Linear Dynamics of Ringworld Systems, by Colin McInnes (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/6244/). It's
fascinating. If you like that kind of thing.

2. The Puppeteer Shock Doctrine

See, they engineered this disaster so that the Friedmanite Puppeteer government could force the Ringworlders to reorganize their economy according to strict monetarist principles in order to quality for an IMF loan, thus immediately creating...

Hey, Naomi! What are you doing here, this is a science-fiction review! The policy seminar is two URLs down the hall.

Sorry.

3. The Story Of O How Do We Make This More Interesting

Wait... how about putting in some sex with a bunch of non-human but, you know, sexy creatures? That often works, doesn't it? Perhaps some of them could be, hm, vampires?

Thanks, Manny, good idea! I don't know why I didn't think of that! I'm all over it, especially the vampires.

4. A Nod To John Stuart Mill

Suppose you could save 95% of the people in the world by killing the other 5%. What would you do? Oh yes, and the 5% are going to die anyway if you don't kill them.

Well, it's bleeding obvious, isn't it? But be assured that I'd wring my hands a bit first, if that makes you feel better.
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[Update, Oct 15 2015]

Ringworld has been located. I'm hoping the nefarious Puppeteers haven't found out yet and the stabilization system is robust and well-designed.
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[Update, Jan 14 2020]

Damn. Oh well, maybe the galactic core has exploded or something.

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Retiree Louis Wu bangs his way through the universe.

I had a lot of fun reading this book. Niven is great in combining the can do spirit of classical SF with modern physics and has the imagination and knowledge to make up something like the titular Ringworld and people it with the most fantastic inhabitant. The idea of an ocean so large that 1:1 maps of earth and other planets are just islands in it, is truly awe inspiring. And I liked the ecologies of adapted humanoids, the battle againt the sun flowers and even the 'cold equations'-like dilemma

Larry Niven is amazing! In Ringworld, he dares to think bigger than just creating a universe -- he creates sentient beings powerful enough to create a solar systems and he builds solar systems unlike any other. In the process, he also creates a mystery that keeps you looking for answers that he never provides.... until Ringworld Engineers.Ringworld Engineers takes on the challenge of answering questions about Ringworld. Ringworld Engineers is well thought out, intricate, hard science at it's

I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this book to start with because of the change to Louis Wu's circumstances at the start of the novel (he's a junkie, addicted to the pure pleasure of electrical stimulation of the brain). But that actually turned out to be one of the more interesting things about the book. Why would a character as obviously strong as Wu turn to the wire? That question does get answered, along with the other obvious question of what he does next. Perhaps his escape from addiction

(2013 was turning into a stale year for SF. That summer, I really needed the solace of good, hard SF to escape, if just fleetingly, some harsh realities, same reality having given me long days and nights to read and listen. So, without really making a decision to do so but compelled by circumstances, I started a re-read of the Ringworld series. The publication history of the series was such that one book came out every ten years, on average. And so each book read provided a reflection of a

As the series progresses, I continue to enjoy Niven's clear style of writing. He makes the hard science interesting. We learn more about the Ringworld and get a little deeper into the character Louis Wu. While I recommend this as an enjoyable read, I couldn't give it more than 3 stars because of the predictable plot. But there are enough surprises and revelations to entertain the Ringworld / Niven fan.As an example of what I like about Niven is the scene where the puppeteer looks into his own

1. Some Non-Trivial Calculus As the MIT students sang back in 1971:Oh, the Ringworld is unstablethe Ringworld is unstabledid the best that they were ableand it's good enough for me!People who want the details should check out Non-Linear Dynamics of Ringworld Systems, by Colin McInnes (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/6244/). It'sfascinating. If you like that kind of thing. 2. The Puppeteer Shock Doctrine See, they engineered this disaster so that the Friedmanite Puppeteer government could