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　　Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of
engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological
wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the
most beloved science fiction stories ever written!
　　The human, Louis Wu; the puppeteer known as the Hindmost;
Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee . . . legendary beings
brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld.
Something is going on with the Protectors. Incoming spacecraft are
being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are
massing. And the Ghouls have their own agenda–if anyone dares
approach them to learn.
　　Each race on the Ringworld has always had its own Protector. Now
it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a Protector. But who will
sit on the Ringworld Throne?
　　”Niven’s work has been an intriguing and consistent universe, and
this book is the keystone of the arch. . . . [His] technique is
wonderfully polished, his characters and their situations are
nicely drawn . . . wraps up (maybe) a corner of a very interesting
universe.”
　　–San Diego Union-Tribune

　　Larry Niven was born in 1938 in Los Angeles, California. 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 science-fiction magazines. He graduated with a
B.A. in mathematics (minor in psychology) from Washburn University,
Kansas, in 1962, and completed one year of graduate work before he
dropped out to write. His first published story, “The Coldest
Place,” appeared in the December 1964 issue of Worlds of If. He won
the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1966 for “Neutron Star” and
in 1974 for “The Hole Man.” The 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
was given to The Borderland of Sol. His novel Ringworld won the
1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1970 Nebula Award for Best
Novel, and the 1972 Ditmar, an Australian award for Best
International Science Fiction.