Ringworld - Larry Niven

nWinner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel nFour travelers come to the ringworld... n nLouis Wu: human and old; bored with having lived too fully for far too many years. Seeking a challenge, and all too capable of handling it. n nNessus: a trembling coward, a puppeteer with a built-in survival pattern of nonviolence. Except that this particular puppeteer is insane. n nTeela Brown: human; a wide-eyed youngster with no allegiances, no experience, no abilities. And all the luck in the world. n nSpeaker-To-Animals: kzin; large, orange-furred, and carnivorous. And one of the most savage life-forms known in the galaxy. n nWhy did these disparate individuals come together? How could they possibly function together? n nAnd where, in the name of anything sane, were they headed?n