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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-004.mrc:405608581:1717
Source marc_columbia
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LEADER: 01717fam a2200313 a 4500
001 1811981
005 20220609002059.0
008 951113s1996 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 95047882
020 $a0345358619
035 $a(OCoLC)33818303
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm33818303
035 $9ALP2696CU
035 $a(NNC)1811981
035 $a1811981
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dNNC$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3564.I9$bR56 1996
082 00 $a813/.54$220
100 1 $aNiven, Larry.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50000650
245 14 $aThe Ringworld throne /$cLarry Niven.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bBallantine Books,$c1996.
300 $aviii, 424 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"A Del Rey book."
520 $aIn the twenty-ninth century, Louis Wu, a 200-years-young adventurer, became one of the first humans from Known Space to set foot on the Ringworld, and his exploits there became legends among many of the native races. During Louis Wu's second sojourn on the Ringworld, he was able to save it from total destruction... but several hundred million people died anyway, and that was a mighty weight on one man's conscience.
520 8 $aBut odd events on the Ringworld would require Louis Wu's attention once again: Vampires were gathering in untold numbers; Protectors, immensely powerful beings dedicated to safeguarding their own bloodlines above all else, were interfering with species not their own and with each other. If the Ringworld was to remain intact, it was going to need one central Protector of its own. But who would sit on the Ringworld Throne?...
852 00 $bglx$hPS3564.I9$iR56 1996