![]() They also learn more about the "maps" of various known space worlds that are located in one of the Ringworld's great oceans. Along the way they meet members of several hominid species that have evolved on the Ringworld. ![]() Louis and Chmeee set out in the Hot Needle of Inquiry looking for where the builders of the Ringworld may have put a control or repair system. The Hindmost wants Ringworld technology that will give him the leverage he needs to become leader again. The recently deposed Hindmost, leader of the Puppeteers, abducts Louis Wu (who has become a wirehead, addicted to the use of a tasp) and the kzinti Chmeee (previously known as Speaker-to-Animals). The plot of the novel centres on the inherent instability of the Ringworld. ![]() It is the first of the sequels to the Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel Ringworld, and has ties into numerous other books set in Known Space. The Ringworld Engineers is a Hugo and Locus award-nominated 1979 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. ![]()
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