| Author | Larry Niven | 
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Dean Ellis | 
| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
| Genre | Science fiction | 
| Published | 1970 –2012 | 
The Ringworld series is a series of science fiction novels written by American author Larry Niven. It is part of his Known Space series of stories. [1] [2] Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 3 million times the surface area of Earth circling a star. [1] The series is composed of four standalone science fiction novels, the original award-winning book and its three sequels: [2]
The companion novels to the Ringworld series are set in the same "Known Space" universe and all written by Niven and Edward M. Lerner: [3]