Ringworld

Interesting Facts

• Ringworld is an artificial megastructure in the shape of a ring, orbiting a star, with an inner surface suitable for life.
• The main character, Louis Wu, celebrates his two-hundredth birthday at the beginning of the book.
• The book features various alien races, including the Kzin and Puppeteers, each with unique traits and cultures.
• Puppeteers are known for their cowardice and manipulative tendencies but also possess advanced technology.
• Kzin are a warrior race resembling large anthropomorphic cats, with an aggressive culture and a history of conflicts with humans.
• Ringworld is about a million miles wide and approximately 600 million miles in diameter, making it one of the largest artificial structures in science fiction.
• The book explores themes of survival, adaptation, and interaction between different cultures and species in extreme conditions.
• Ringworld was created by an ancient and highly advanced civilization known as the Engineers.
• One of the key technologies described in the book is a meteor defense system that uses super-strong cables to deflect objects.