The Ringworld EngineersSequel to: Ringworld. Twenty years after discovering Ringworld, Louis Wu returns, the captive of a non-human race. To survive on the planet, which is no longer stable, he must locate the control center of the engineers who built the planet. |
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... attitude jets or dismounting them ? How many are mounted ? " " The probe will tell us , " the Hindmost said . " I direct your attention to another problem . Recall to your mind those toroids that circle the waist of the one intact ...
... attitude jets or dismounting them ? How many are mounted ? " " The probe will tell us , " the Hindmost said . " I direct your attention to another problem . Recall to your mind those toroids that circle the waist of the one intact ...
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... attitude jets whenever the attitude jets fired a high - velocity plume of gas . " I'd say the City Builders started with small ships and built up . They tried it and it worked . " " Stupid . Dangerous . " " We already know they did ...
... attitude jets whenever the attitude jets fired a high - velocity plume of gas . " I'd say the City Builders started with small ships and built up . They tried it and it worked . " " Stupid . Dangerous . " " We already know they did ...
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... attitude jets ? Spare attitude jets ? Tanj , I'd love to find spare attitude jets . But they'd still have room to spare . " " War fleets . " " Yah . We already 292 THE RINGWORLD ENGINEERS.
... attitude jets ? Spare attitude jets ? Tanj , I'd love to find spare attitude jets . But they'd still have room to spare . " " War fleets . " " Yah . We already 292 THE RINGWORLD ENGINEERS.
Contents
PRESS GANG | 15 |
GHOST AMONG THE CREW | 25 |
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS | 36 |
Copyright | |
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