Ringworld by Larry Niven #literature Piatkus BooksISBN: 9780749924898Extent: 352 pages

Piatkus BooksISBN: 9780749924898Extent: 352 pages

From conundrums told entirely in Seussian verse to Die Hard-inspired riddles

with the help of a powerful Christmas wish

But as the performers take their final bows

Ringworld by Larry Niven #literature Piatkus BooksISBN: 9780749924898Extent: 352 pagesPierson's puppeteers, strange, three legged, two headed aliens, have discovered an immense structure in a hitherto unexplored part of the universe. Frightened of meeting the builders of such a structure, the puppeteers set about assembling a team consisting of two humans, a puppeteer and a kzin, an alien not unlike an eight foot tall, red furred cat, to explore it. The artefact is a vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with a