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  • Although reading Ringworld is not a prerequisite for this book, you probably should read it. We see some of the same characters in this book.

    This time Louis and the Speaker are kidnapped by a crazy puppeteer and forced to go back to The ringworld. Again they have many wonderful adventures a ... Continue

    Although reading Ringworld is not a prerequisite for this book, you probably should read it. We see some of the same characters in this book.

    This time Louis and the Speaker are kidnapped by a crazy puppeteer and forced to go back to The ringworld. Again they have many wonderful adventures as they try to save ringworld safe

    

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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)

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