Fleet of Worlds
{{short description|2007 science fiction novel by Niven & Lerner}}
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| image = File:FleetOfWorlds.jpg
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| author = Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner
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| cover_artist = Stephan Martinière
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Known Space
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| genre = Science fiction
| publisher = Tor Books
| pub_date = October 16, 2007
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| media_type = Hardcover
| pages = 304
| isbn = 0-7653-1825-3
| dewey = 813/.54 22
| congress = PS3564.I9 F57 2007
| oclc = 123767292
| preceded_by_quotation_marks = At the Core
| followed_by = Juggler of Worlds
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| creator = Larry Niven
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Fleet of Worlds is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, part of Niven's Known Space series. Fleet of Worlds can also refer to the series consisting of this book and its four sequels.
Novel
The novel, co-written by Niven and Edward M. Lerner, was released in 2007 and nominated for a Prometheus Award. It is set shortly after the events of the short story "At the Core". The novel concerns the liberation of New Terra from the Concordance of the Pierson's Puppeteers. It also introduces a new intelligent species to Known Space, the Gw'oth.
Series
The Fleet of Worlds series consists of five books by the same authors:
- Fleet of Worlds (2007){{cite book |last1=Niven |first1=Larry |url=https://archive.org/details/fleetofworlds00nive_0 |title=Fleet of Worlds |last2=Lerner |first2=Edward |publisher=Tor Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7653-1825-1 |place=New York |author-link=Larry Niven |author2-link=Edward M. Lerner}}
- Juggler of Worlds (2008){{cite book | last1 = Niven | first1 = Larry | author-link = Larry Niven | last2 = Lerner | first2 = Edward | author2-link = Edward M. Lerner | title = Juggler of Worlds | place = New York | publisher = Tor Books | year = 2008 | url = https://archive.org/details/jugglerofworlds00nive | isbn = 978-0-7653-1826-8 }}
- Destroyer of Worlds (2009){{cite book | last1 = Niven | first1 = Larry | author-link = Larry Niven | last2 = Lerner | first2 = Edward | author2-link = Edward M. Lerner | title = Destroyer of Worlds | place = New York | publisher = Tor Books | year = 2009 | url = https://archive.org/details/destroyerofworld00nive | isbn = 978-0-7653-2205-0 }}
- Betrayer of Worlds (2010){{cite book | last1 = Niven | first1 = Larry | author-link = Larry Niven | last2 = Lerner | first2 = Edward | author2-link = Edward M. Lerner | title = Betrayer of Worlds | place = New York | publisher = Tor Books | year = 2010 | url = https://archive.org/details/betrayerofworlds00nive | isbn = 978-0-7653-2608-9 }}
- Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld (2012){{cite book | last1 = Niven | first1 = Larry | author-link = Larry Niven | last2 = Lerner | first2 = Edward | author2-link = Edward M. Lerner | title = Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld | place = New York | publisher = Tor Books | year = 2012 | url = https://archive.org/details/fateofworldsretu00nive | isbn = 978-0-7653-3100-7 }}
The first four novels are prequels to Ringworld. The last one is a sequel.{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?42|title=Summary Bibliography: Larry Niven|website=www.isfdb.org}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080226204708/http://www.freewebs.com/knownspace/index.htm The Incompleat Known Space Concordance]
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Category:Novels by Larry Niven
Category:2007 science fiction novels
Category:American science fiction novels
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