Diego kept his response to a confident nod.Barbara said, “I’ll want to go through it later, step by step. Between the dense patches there is nothing. This was not the time. With luck, consensus-seeking had become a habit.Sayeed Malloum, their engineer, was taller still but stocky for a Belter. Diego tracked the boat as it receded, the ripples of its wake dwindling as they spread.Sayeed’s gaze flicked between the simulated lake and the 3-D graphic that still hung above the table. Teaming up with fellow SF writer Edward M. Lerner, Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at the Human-Puppeteer (Citizens) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel. Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. This article about a 2000s science fiction novel is a stub. Under the guiding eye of Nessus, their Citizen mentor, they set out to explore for any possible dangers in the Fleet's path—and uncover long-hidden truths that will shake the foundations of worlds. Someone must scout ahead, and Kirsten and her crew eagerly volunteer. Most of one wall presented a well-remembered mountain lake on which a sleek, two-toned power boat cruised. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See the complete Fleet of Worlds series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2016. Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. Fleet of Worlds was his first collaboration with Larry Niven. How can that be?”Barbara shook her head, setting her crest to bobbing. Fleet of Worlds Known Space Series, Book 1 (eBook) : Niven, Larry : Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. Most were embryos, sharing the freezers with forty-three hibernating adult passengers. Someone must scout ahead, and Kirsten and her crew eagerly volunteer. The crew numbered only four, between them covering three daily shifts. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. Diego started another simulation. A great story with plenty of gee-whiz science, political intrigue, and some romance for the humans and even for Nessus, as well! Well written prequel to many of Niven's series, Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2013. I’ve given you no way to gauge the compression factor. Just buy them. Flatlander full-body dye jobs and elaborate skin patterns had been left on far-off Earth.Jaime slipped a hand beneath the tabletop to give his knee a reassuring pat, although not even she knew what he was about to reveal. Excellent an invokes many a happy hour I spent on Ring world. Fleet of Worlds is a book in Larry Niven's Known Space series. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten's people came from…. . A great vee-shaped wake formed. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Kirsten is one of the best and brightest and is eventually sent out to scout ahead of the fleet looking for danger. Would they believe? Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. A more nearly uniform background wash, modeled from a century-old survey, replaced the translucent ripples in the stellar display. Edward M. Lerner has degrees in physics and computer science, a background that kept him mostly out of trouble until he began writing science fiction full-time. Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. It is the fifth and final book in the Fleet of Worlds series, itself a subset of Niven's Known Space series. Publication date 2007-10-16 Topics Niven, Larry - Prose & Criticism, Science Fiction And Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction - Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Science Fiction Publisher Tor Books It is set shortly after the events of the short story "At the Core". What had the experts imagined the ship’s navigator would do for decades?They could never have imagined what, in his obsessive peering ahead, he would find.“And to what do we owe this honor?” Captain Nguyen asked.Meaning that by the current schedule Diego would normally be asleep. “An Earth-sized world. Sayeed’s latest affectation, dating back several weeks, involved dyeing his crest and disposable jumpsuit in matching colors. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Fans of hard SF will be well rewarded.” ―Publishers Weekly, “Exceptional freshness and suspense . The novel, co-written by Niven and Edward M. Lerner, was released in 2007 and nominated for a Prometheus Award. Under the guiding eye of Nessus, their Citizen mentor, they explore for any possible dangers in the Fleet's path―and uncover long-hidden truths that will shake the foundations of worlds. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. The Citizens flee, taking their planets, the Fleet of Worlds, with them. Teaming up with fellow SF writer Edward M. Lerner, Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at the Human-Puppeteer (Citizens) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel. It's 2650, some 500 years after the human colony ship Long Pass was captured by Citizens, those paranoid, two-headed beings better known as Puppeteers from the Fleet of Worlds. Prequel to Ringwood. The co-writer lacks a certain tone that is very hard to describe. Fleet of Worlds series are my favorite books from Larry Niven. Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. I need you to accept the years of observation and the model that showed us where to look.” Diego took a deep breath. Summary. I reread the books every couple years and enjoy them every time. Niven’s co-author can’t match his tone and style, Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2019, After loving Ringworld, I figured out this was a prequel and figured I’d go through in order. He lives in Virginia with Ruth, his wife of a mere thirty-five years. Fleet of Worlds, the book that started the series, was: a Sci Fi Essential title (from back in the day the network was known as Sci Fi, not SyFy), a featured title of the Science Fiction Book Club, and a finalist for the prestigious Prometheus Award. Once Long Pass launched, whether he undertook the experiment was beyond their control.Long Pass had followed its wobbly curves for decades now. He lives in Chatsworth, California. Juggler of Worlds: 200 Years Before the Discovery of the Ringworld, Fate of Worlds (Return from the Ringworld) (Known Space, 5), Betrayer of Worlds: Prelude to Ringworld (Known Space), Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld (Ringworld series, Book 5). Please try your request again later. Gathering speed, it recreated the 3-D shock wave.Jaime stood, squeezing behind his chair to study the image from another perspective. Most of them weren't that good, and they brought him down. “A lively prequel to Niven's 1970 classic, Ringworld. I smiled most of the way through RW and RW engineers. Fleet of Worlds does have a few significant female characters, including one of the protagonists, but one would be hard-pressed to determine the gender of any character from a section of the story with gendered pronouns removed. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. The entire Fleet series is Niven's crowing achievement. Please try again. 2007 science fiction novel by Niven & Lerner, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fleet_of_Worlds&oldid=938635269, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 February 2020, at 13:35. Some old characters from the Ringwood books along with the other Known Space books combined with sone new are crafted by Larry Niven- 1 of the living grand masters of Science Fiction and Co author Edward Lerner into a well developed book that's hard to put down. “A fair question, but I have a more basic one. PrologueLong Pass crossed the sky in a series of shallow curves, because Diego MacMillan willed it so.Interstellar space is not uniform. Fleet of Worlds is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, part of Niven's Known Space series. The story focuses on three people of a human colony within the Puppeteer civilization. Maybe that was where the law of averages caught up with you, and the near-vacuum of interstellar gas became vacuum indeed.Of course, flatlanders had built the models. “This is what we expected to encounter. A good story. I don't think Mr Niven gave much more than his name to this book. Not quite up to the same standard as a reader of Niven's other collaborations might expect, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2014. Throughout their hitherto uneventful voyage, she had let decisions emerge by consensus. To look at it, we aim”—Diego tweaked a program parameter, and a backward-extrapolated trajectory materialized—“where it was.”He linked their main telescope to the display. The Fleet of Worlds (sub)series, consisting of this book and its four sequels, is named for its opening book. Technically he was also a flatlander—spacers pinned that label on every Earthborn—but he had traveled across the solar system. Fate of Worlds opens as Ringworld's Children (part of the Ringworld series) closes, decades after Betrayer of Worlds, the prior book in the Fleet of Worlds series. Would they see it? The Citizens flee, taking their planets, the fleet of Worlds, with them. I hadn’t read Ring World in at least a decade, so I expected prequel, Fleet of Worlds, (published Oct 2007) to have me instantly lost—and it has a prologue, which I always think are just extra work for the reader to slog through before getting into the actual book. The Fleet of Worlds (sub)series, consisting of this book and its four sequels, is named for its opening book. Please try again. . The airline beat 29 others including (airlines from Africa) Kenya’s Jambojet, Air Seychelles, Ethiopian Airlines and Egypt Air. A dark sphere shimmered, faintly aglow in a false-color substitution for IR. The writing is far less sophisticated. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. You'll enjoy this one.” ―Analog Science Fiction and Fact, “Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner have teamed up to write the prequel [to Ringworld], and it's well worth reading whether you've read Ringworld and its subsequent books or not.” ―SFRevu.com, “If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a lot of knowledge can rock worlds.” ―Kansas City Star. Fleet of Worlds (eBook) : Niven, Larry : When a chain reaction of supernovae explosions at the core of the galaxy unleashes a deadly wave of radiation that will sterilize the entire galaxy, the Citizens--accompanied by Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs, a descendant of human survivors--flee into the unknown. His portrayal of the Puppeteers Nessus and Nike, as well as a few others who have brief appearances, is engaging and believable. A chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy's core has unleashed a wave of lethal radiation that will sterilize the galaxy. Beowulf's Children, co-authored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a New York Times bestseller. “And you’ve never before struggled so hard not to bounce in your chair.”Words alone would not suffice—not for this, not with Belters. Why didn’t you?”“Because this isn’t about an out-of-place planet. When I recently checked on what he was currently doing I ran across his Fleet of Worlds series and thought it would be of interest to check it out. . It’s a bit warmer than the interstellar background, which is why we can detect it, perhaps leakage from a radioactive core. Diego said, “Jeeves, give us Boat One.”“On full throttle, sir, as you had specified.” The virtual speedboat slewed until its stern faced them and the shore. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. The novel concerns the liberation of New Terra from the Concordance of the Pierson's Puppeteers. Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven, Edward M Lerner starting at $0.99. Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2013. He twiddled the cabin controls, tuning chirps and twitters down a notch, while his curious shipmates took coffee and snacks from the synthesizer.Barbara Nguyen sat first. Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2015. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs is among the best and brightest of her people. Book 1 was the start of what I have described as a series of 9 (includes the three original Ringworld books) that ties together so many stray pieces from the Tales of Known Space. Unable to add item to List. At any reasonable fraction of light speed, interstellar muck comes on like cosmic rays. Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. As a team of scouts, they see somewhat suspicious behavior on the part of their sponsor, Nessus, and begin looking into the truth about how the humans became part of the Puppeteer fleet. This is an essential read for anyone interested in how good science fiction can be.” ―Green Man Review, “A very worthy addition to the ongoing Known Space future history.” ―SciFi.com, “As we have long expected from Niven, it's a great read, and Lerner--as Analog readers know--has the knack as well. Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his best-selling Ringworld series. “Spill it, Diego. With a roar, the boat’s bow rose. Between Sol and the target star the muck was thick enough. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2016. The object producing the wake is moving at one-tenth cee, and we’re nearly a light-year apart. How anxious did he seem?Barbara cleared her throat. His work had become rather weak in the past ten to fifteen years; it seemed that like so many writers, age was robbing him of his abilities and voice. And what would you find when you reached the end of a detour? Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full novel-length collaboration within his Known Space universe, the playground he created for his bestselling Ringworld series. At one point, it was Earthlike, its oceans and atmosphere since frozen. “Have a look.” Above the picnic-table illusion he projected a navigational holo. That was not a criticism. Under the guiding eye of Nessus, their Citizen mentor, they explore for any possible dangers in the Fleet’s path—and uncover long-hidden truths that will shake the foundations of worlds. Maybe he’d saved a few months’ travel. He yearned to explain the extrapolation of the full pattern from the mere fraction so far glimpsed, even after so many years and light-years of observations.He must have had a fanatical glint in his eye, because Jaime shot him the warning look that reminded: There’s a fine line between scary-smart and just scary. One step at a time, he told himself. As much as propulsion, a Bussard ramjet’s purpose is to guide that lethal muck away from the life support system.Every simulation run in Sol system had reached the same inconclusive conclusion: Course tweaking to exploit density fluctuations in the interstellar medium was “likely to be” unproductive. This first book of four begins with six Puppeteer worlds orbiting each other in a 'rosette' formation, hence the 'Fleet of Worlds', fleeing the expanding blast of radiation from cascading novae in the galactic core. Niven, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, and Lerner (Probe) offer a lively prequel to Niven's 1970 classic, Ringworld. Fleet of Worlds series are my favorite books from Larry Niven. . Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Undulating, verdant forest, the Andean foothills of his youth, receded into the digital wallpaper. “Density variations in the interstellar gas and dust.”Sayeed frowned, likely anticipating another pitch for rerouting the ship on one more just-a-bit-off-our-planned-course wrinkle in the void.“You’ve shared density plots before. The writer is a computer geek I think, and uses some dull 20th Century computer ideas to drive the plot. Leaves rustled and insects droned softly in surround sound. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Diego MacMillan had nodded noncommittally at their advice. Fleet of Worlds The Puppeteers had to make some drastic alterations to their home system, during their history, as global warming and overindustrialisation was rapidly making their planet uninhabitable. At some point between 2015 and today, China has assembled the world's largest naval force. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Its hundred-horsepower inboard motor was throttled down to a barely audible purr.Nothing, alas, could mask the ubiquitous odor of endlessly recycled air, nor could the rough-hewn planks projected from the dayroom table disguise the plasteel slickness beneath his fingers. Call it book 5 of the Ringwood series, or book 1 of the Fleet of Worlds, in any case it's Larry Niven at his best. So a civilization of a trillion, with FTL travel , and teleportation is defeated by some human kids. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The Fleet of World series consists of five books by the same authors: The first four novels are prequels to Ringworld; the last one is a sequel.[6]. His many co-authors didn't help, either. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2015. from what I've read so far having reached halfway through the third one of this new series, this is in some ways the weakest. Fleet of Worlds is a book in Larry Niven's Known Space series. The Citizens flee, taking with them their planets, the Fleet of Worlds. And somehow, you say, it’s racing by at one-tenth light speed. Mountain peaks and hints of continental outlines peered out from beneath an all-encompassing blanket of ices.Sayeed leaned forward to read annotations floating above the globe. “All will be revealed,” he intoned with his best mock pretension.The ship’s population numbered just above ten thousand. Ringworld was a big favorite of mine back then. A slight diversion at these velocities took a heavy toll in kinetic energy. She was their captain and the most cautious among them; which was cause and which effect remained stubbornly unclear to Diego. 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