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A somewhat bigger Ringworld? https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ringworld https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ringworld Which, by coincidence, I am currently re-reading.
by zabzonk 7y ago
A somewhat bigger Ringworld? https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ringworld https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ringworld Which, by coincidence, I am currently re-reading.
- tlbsofware 7y agoI can hear the halo music already
- sneak 7y agoA classic! I’m working on the Culture novels now, which have their own variant (“orbitals”), minus the shadow squares or central star. Can’t recommend them enough, so far.
- mkl 7y agoOrbitals, while enormous (greater surface area than earth), are much smaller. The Culture novels do have Ringworld-sized rings as well, though. E.g. from Consider Phlebas, flying under the orbital Vavatch: "It was like flying upside-down over a planet made of metal; and of all the sights the galaxy held which were the result of conscious effort, it was one bested for what the Culture would call gawp value only by a big Ring, or a Sphere."