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Book Information: Ringworld

Ringworld (1970) [Novel]
by Larry Niven Rating: Weighted - 7.4 / Average - 7.4 of 10 (65 votes) (Rate!)
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Series: Ringworld
Part: 1

Summary :

The Dimensions of Ringworld - "I myself have dreamed up an intermediate step between Dyson Spheres and planets. Build a ring 93 million miles in radius - one Earth orbit - which would make it 600 millions miles long. If we have the mass of Juptier to work with, and if we make it a million miles wide, we get a thickness of about a thousand meters. The Ringworld would thus be much sturdier than a Dyson sphere. There are other advantages. We can spin it for gravity. A rotation on its axis of 770 miles/second would give the Ringworld one gravity outward. We wouldn't even have to roof it over. Put walls a thousand miles high at each rim, aimed at the sun, and very little air will leak over the edges. The thing is roomy enough: three million times the area of Earth. It will be some time before anyone complains of crowding." -Larry Niven, A Hole in Space

Original title: Ringworld
Original languages: English

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Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ World Versions→ Alternate and Parallel Worlds
Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Adventure→ Planetary Exploration and Colonization