You might enjoy Ringworld. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ringworld_Engineers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ringworld_Engineers > ... many fans had ident

You might enjoy Ringworld. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ringworld_Engineers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ringworld_Engineers > ... many fans had identified numerous engineering problems in the Ringworld as described in the novel. A major problem being that the Ringworld, being a rigid structure, was not actually in orbit around the star it encircled and would eventually drift, resulting in the entire structure colliding with its sun and disintegrating.