Ring (Baxter novel)

Ring
First edition
AuthorStephen Baxter
Cover artistChris Moore
LanguageEnglish
SeriesXeelee Sequence
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherHarperCollins (UK)
Publication date
4 July 1994
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages443
ISBN0-00-224026-2
OCLC30814041
Preceded byFlux 
Followed byVacuum Diagrams 

Ring is a 1994 science fiction novel by British author Stephen Baxter. The novel tells the story of the end of the universe and the saving of mankind from its destruction. Two parallel plots are followed throughout the novel: that of Lieserl, an AI exploring the interior of the Sun, and that of the Great Northern, a generation ship on a five-million-year journey.