Ringworld
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Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Ringworld" series by Larry Niven | 1 |
| "The Ringworld Engineers" | 1 |
| Ringworld (structure) | 1 |
| novel "Ringworld" | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial ringworld
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fictional megastructure ⓘ science fiction setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ringworld
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
novel "Ringworld"
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| authorNationality | United States (Larry Niven) ⓘ |
| awardConnection |
setting of a Hugo Award–winning novel
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setting of a Nebula Award–winning novel ⓘ |
| category | fictional planets and megastructures ⓘ |
| comparison | partial Dyson structure ⓘ |
| conceptualDifficulty | structural stability and material strength requirements ⓘ |
| creator | Larry Niven ⓘ |
| depicts | engineering on a stellar scale ⓘ |
| exploredBy |
Louis Wu (fictional character)
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Nessus (fictional character) ⓘ Speaker-to-Animals (fictional character) ⓘ Teela Brown (fictional character) ⓘ |
| feature |
enormous habitable surface area
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shadow squares ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel "Ringworld" (1970) ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFandom | science fiction readers and worldbuilding enthusiasts ⓘ |
| hasTheme | exploration of large-scale engineering and its consequences ⓘ |
| influenced | later ringworld megastructure concepts in science fiction ⓘ |
| innerSurface | habitable ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Dyson sphere concept ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Known Space ⓘ |
| material | fictional ultra-strong substance (scrith) ⓘ |
| mediaType | literary setting ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the term "ringworld" for star-encircling rings ⓘ |
| notableIn | hard science fiction discussions of megastructures ⓘ |
| orbits | a star ⓘ |
| outerSurface | exposed to space ⓘ |
| population | multiple diverse species (in fiction) ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Ballantine Books ⓘ |
| purpose | habitable environment ⓘ |
| radius | approximately 1 AU from its star (in fiction) ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Dyson sphere
NERFINISHED
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Halo (fictional ringworld from video game series) ⓘ |
| rotation | spins to provide artificial gravity ⓘ |
| settingOf |
Ringworld
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
"Ringworld" series by Larry Niven
"Ringworld's Children" NERFINISHED ⓘ Ringworld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
"The Ringworld Engineers"
"The Ringworld Throne" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shadowSquaresFunction | simulate day-night cycle ⓘ |
| shape | ring ⓘ |
| structureType | megastructure ⓘ |
| surfaceGravity | approximately 1 g (in fiction) ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
novel "Ringworld"
this entity surface form:
Ringworld (structure)
this entity surface form:
"Ringworld" series by Larry Niven