num_pages: 354
description: It's been twenty years since the quixotic and worldsweary Louis Wu discovered the Ringworld. Now he and Speaker-To-Animals are going back, captives of the Hindmost, a deposed puppeteer leader. With Louis' help, the Hindmost intends to regain his status by bringing back such extraordinary treasures from the Ringworld that his fellow puppeteers will have to be impressed. But when they arrive, Louis discovers that the Ringworld is no longer stable ...and will destroy itself within months. To survive he must locate the control center of the legendary engineers who built the planet."A remarkably seamless continuation of the first book." (Publishers Weekly)
language: English
title: Ringworld Engineers
titlecomplete: Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2)
characters: The Hindmost, Teela Brown, Louis Gridley Wu, Chmeee
genres: Audiobook, Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Space, Space Opera
ratings_count: 31955
series: Ringworld and Before the Discovery of Ringworld, Ringworld, Known Space (Publication Order), Known Space
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Del Rey