The Ringworld Engineers
- 357
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Ringworld Engineers” is the first sequel to “Ringworld”, and it divides its readers. Some enjoy it from start to finish, though it leaves them no lasting memory. Others find it tedious, the plot weakly driven, the stops among local peoples beside the point and the interspecies sex gratuitous, or lose their bearings in Niven’s descriptions of place. Best approached by those who already care about the first book.
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About the book
The Ringworld Engineers is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven. It is the first sequel to Niven's Ringworld and was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1981.
Reading order · Ringworld series
Full order & progress →- RingworldStart here
7.77.7 / 10 - The Ringworld EngineersThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - The Ringworld Throne
7.27.2 / 10 - Ringworld's Children
7.47.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 245 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 31 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 214 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Ringworld Engineers?
It has 357 pages — shorter than 68% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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