Larry Niven
1) Rainbow Mars
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
From the 31st century, scientist Hanville Svetz travels back in time to collect life specimens from Mars and Earth before they become extinct. A novella and five stories by the author of Destiny's Road.
3) Ringworld
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award Winners for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel
Nebula Award Winners for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel
Description
Two humans and two aliens, who are traveling to distant reaches of space to prevent a future catastrophe, crash on a ringworld apparently created by superior technologies.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1984
Language
English
Description
Leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Discipline prepared for a routine colonization assignment. What the weren't prepared for was the smoke ring: an immense, gaseous envelope that had formed around a neutron star directly in their path. The Smoke Ring was home to a variety of plant and animal life-forms evolved to thrive in conditions of continual free-fall. when the Discipline ship encountered it, something went wrong. The crew abandoned ship...
Author
Series
Bowl of heaven volume 1
Publisher
Tor/Forge
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by the discovery of an immense bowl-shaped structure in space that leads to hostile alien encounters and profound revelations about humanity's place in the universe.
