And then Niven scales it up again with the Ringworld itself, built from a substance that baffles the explorers and awash with other technological mysteries. Their ship crashes after it runs into a ...

"A Ringworld will tend to drift off whenever it ... Media Platforms Design Team A ship swoops toward a Halo ring, under construction. The Ark, a construction and control station for Halos, is ...

Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch ... However, the Kzinti have secretly constructed a second ship of their own, which also has the ability to destroy planets. When the Kzinti Patriarch discovers ...

A traditional laser battle isn’t rigorous enough for Niven. There’s a marvelous sequence in Ringworld in which he gives us a quick primer on how real-world laser combat would work. For example ...

Larry Niven's novel Ringworld is a classic work in modern hard science fiction literature. The concept of a gigantic ring large enough to encompass a planetary orbit and hold its own atmosphere ...