Ringworld

Larry Niven is an American science fiction writer and futurist, well known for his work in the hard science fiction genre. He has written over 40 novels, most notably Ringworld and its sequels, and has also written short stories and essays. His work has been honored with five Hugo Awards and four Nebula Awards. Niven has also served as a technical consultant on several films and television shows, including Contact and Blade Runner.

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The Ringworld is a fictional megastructure and one of the settings in Larry Niven’s science fiction Ringworld series. It is a ring-shaped habitable structure that completely surrounds a star, and is similar in size to the orbit of Earth’s solar system around the sun. The Ringworld has the internal area of approximately three million Earth-sized planets. It is slightly greater in width than it is in diameter, and rotates to produce an Earth-like gravity on the inner surface. The structure is stabilized by megastructural material at the rim, and has a temperate climate.

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