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Author Larry Niven created many science fiction and fantasy masterpieces, perhaps best known for his Ringworld novels, part of the Known Space series

The wiki hosts 441 articles related to Niven's works and anyone can edit.

Most of the articles here are about Known Space, but articles about other Niven universes are very welcome.

A Ringworld television series is currently in development from Amazon Studios.

Ringworld and Known Space series

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Sep 2017

Amazon are developing Ringworld, though it's not clear whether this would be for a movie, and special, mini series or series. What details there are, are here

Ok, here's hoping it will do well, as other attempts have failed to fly.

Reggie

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+Most of the articles here are about [[Known Space]], but articles about other Niven universes are very welcome.
+A [[Ringworld (TV series)|'''''Ringworld'' television series''']] is currently in development from Amazon Studios.
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+Ringworld1.png|link=Ringworld (novel)|<big><big>''[[Ringworld (novel)|Ringworld]]''</big></big><br />1970
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+TheRingworldEngineers.jpg|link=The Ringworld Engineers (novel)|<big><big>''[[The Ringworld Engineers (novel)|The Ringworld Engineers]]''</big></big><br />1979
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+RingworldsChildren.jpg|link=Ringworld's Children (novel)|<big><big>''[[Ringworld's Children (novel)|Ringworld's Children]]''</big></big><br />2004
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+Sep 2017
+Amazon are developing Ringworld, though it's not clear whether this would be for a movie, and special, mini series or series. What details there are, are [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/snow-crash-lazarus-and-ringworld-shows-are-coming-to-amazon-prime/ here]
+Ok, here's hoping it will do well, as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld#On_screen other attempts] have failed to fly.
+Reggie
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