Larry Niven's Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning, novel Ringworld (first published in 1970) depicts an exploration of a ring shaped structure that encircles and orbits a star, also called a Ringworld. This term may also refer to other literary works that discuss the phenomenon in Larry Niven's ...
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What is the “Kzinti Lesson” from Larry Niven's Ringworld?
I am re-reading Ringworld now, and I came across this term; does anyone know where I can find the origin in Niven's canon of work?
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Why is the indentation for Mars missing from the underside of the Ringworld?
I was reading Lary Niven's "The Ringworld Engineers" last night. In the last chapter I read, they were flying the Needle underneath the Ringworld, passing under The Great Ocean, looking at the ...
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Recommended order of Ringworld novels
Larry Niven's novel Ringworld is, according to wikipedia, "followed by three sequels, and preceded by four prequels".
1) Is it a good idea to read all of them (or is there another Star Warsgate ...
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If the Puppeteer worlds are traveling near light-speed, shouldn't their time be dilated?
If it were, the time that Louis Wu spent there would have seemed very short, but would have actually been years. Was this ever addressed?
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How close was the Puppeteer's homeworld to the Ringworld?
Specifically, I'm curious about 2 key points in time.
When the Ringworld was first explored by Louis Wu (Ie, the book Ringworld)
During the Fringe War (Ringworld's Children)
And if you want a ...
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Who is the Hindmost in the Ringworld sequels?
In Ringworld, the puppeteer Nessus leads the expedition with a goal of mating with the Hindmost.
In the sequels, the Conservatives took over power on the Fleet of Worlds and the deposed Hindmost ...
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Puppeteers' homeworld heat a major problem?
I recently read the Ringworld series by Larry Niven, and I was most intrigued by the Puppeteers. In particular, was the claim that their homeworld could do just about anything, except for get rid of ...
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Instability of Niven's ringworld
I've read that the ringworld's design is actually unstable, and that it would drift and eventually collide with the star it was supposed to orbit. How is this flaw corrected in the subsequent stories?
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What were the “mistakes” in the first paperback edition of Ringworld?
The dedication of The Ringworld Engineers reads
If you own a first paperback edition of Ringworld, it's the one with the mistakes in it. It's worth money.
What are these mistakes that were ...
