Best Novel, 1971

Ringworld

Larry Niven (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 208 pages · First published by Ballantine Books

Two humans and two aliens are sent to explore an artificial ring a million miles wide, circling a distant star, and crash on it.

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Also on the ballot

Tau ZeroPoul AndersonDoubleday, 1970
Tower of GlassRobert SilverbergScribner’s, 1970
The Year of the Quiet SunWilson TuckerAce, 1970
Star LightHal ClementAnalog Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep 1970