![]() Once they reach the Ringworld, Louis and Chmeee are sent out to explore, while the Hindmost remains safely behind on their starship. The Hindmost hopes to acquire Ringworld technology, specifically matter transmutation, to help him regain his position. Both had been part of the original Ringworld expedition. The Hindmost, recently deposed leader of the Puppeteers, abducts the human Louis Wu (who has become a wirehead) and Kzin Chmeee (previously known as "Speaker-to-Animals"). ![]() ![]() In the novel's introduction, Niven says that MIT students attending the 1971 World Science Fiction Convention chanted, "The Ringworld is unstable! The Ringworld is unstable!" Niven says that one reason he wrote The Ringworld Engineers was to address these engineering problems. ![]() The first major problem was that the Ringworld, being a rigid structure, was not actually in orbit around the star it encircled and would eventually drift, resulting in the entire structure colliding with its sun and disintegrating. Secondly, many fans had identified numerous engineering problems in the Ringworld as described in the novel. Firstly, the popularity of Ringworld resulted in a demand for a sequel. In the introduction to the novel, Niven says that he never planned to write more than one Ringworld novel, but that he did so, in a large part, due to fan support. ![]() It is the first sequel to Niven's Ringworld and was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1981. The Ringworld Engineers is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven. ![]()
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