{"product_id":"book-1754","title":"Ringworld","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel, \u003cem\u003eRingworld\u003c\/em\u003e remains a favorite among science fiction readers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artifact is a vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with a sun at its center. Pierson's puppeteers-strange, three-legged, two-headed aliens-discovered this \"Ringworld\" in a hitherto unexplored part of the galaxy. Curious about the immense structure, but frightened by the prospect of meeting the builders, they set about assembling a team to explore it:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Wu, human-old and bored with having lived too fully for too many years, seeking an adventure, and all too capable of handling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNessus, puppeteer-a trembling coward from a species with an inbuilt survival pattern of nonviolence. This particular puppeteer, however, is insane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeaker-to-Animals, kzin-large, orange-furred, and carnivorous. The kzin are one of the most savage life-forms known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe party's expedition, however, goes disastrously wrong when their ship crash-lands and its motley crew faces a daunting trek across thousands of miles of Ringworld territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147297263920,"sku":"BD1754","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50147297329456,"sku":"ZE1754","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50147297362224,"sku":"ZM1754","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [ZP]","offer_id":50147297394992,"sku":"ZP1754","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1754-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775526712","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1754","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}