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Maybe the neatest part of that with Ringworld is when fans proved that the theoretical structure itself is orbitally unstable... which he then came up with expl

Maybe the neatest part of that with Ringworld is when fans proved that the theoretical structure itself is orbitally unstable... which he then came up with explanations for and used as a major plot point in a follow-up book.

Loughla 1y ago
Larry Niven wrote ringworld and the follow ups, not Clarke. Clarke wrote the Rama series.
riffraff 1y ago
Also the mountains on ringworld Which recycle the sea bed are the outcome of some fans pointing out the problems with a static land mass, iirc.