![]() In previous novels like ''Ringworld'' and ''The Ringworld Engineers,'' Mr. The centerpiece of this universe is the Ringworld, a vast hooplike artifact whose inside surface is home to some 30 trillion sentient beings. ![]() Niven has been setting stories in what he calls Known Space, a far-future universe with a distinctive and complicated history. But while each book in the typical series starring a popular detective can be read on its own, many science fiction series are actually multivolume narratives whose later volumes are all but unintelligible if read out of order.Ī case in point is THE RINGWORLD THRONE (Del Rey/Ballantine, $23), by Larry Niven. Science fiction novels, like detective novels, tend to beget sequels, which, if successful, beget long-running series. ![]()
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