It has been brought to my attention that I made a huge mistake. I must have misplaced a comma on my data sheet I made for the ringworld. I repeatedly say (and its even in the thumbnail) that the ringworld is 30 million times the area of earth. It is actually *only* 3 million times. My apologies for the error.
I also want to thank you for the Ringworld videos. It has been decades since I read the Ringworld novels. You videos bring back so much that I have forgotten about the novel. Please continue the series about Ringworld in Larry Nevin's other novels.
The Ringworld books are among the best stories I've ever read, but I have to say that part about breeding for luck was utterly disappointing but I stuck with the story and was abundantly rewarded.
Yeah, I think it rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Thankfully its not really an aspect of the sequels iirc. I'll be re reading them soon to make a video on them so I'll address that if so. Protector-Teela even walks it back a bit I believe.
Thank you so much! this is amazing for a big fan of this awe inspiring book for forty years. The illustrations are beautiful and remarkably accurate to the story
Thank you man, classic sci-fi is not easy to come by on youtube. If you keep up that quality and upload schedule I think your channel can get really big, at least by classic sci-fi standards ;)
TY! I'm already really happy with my channel's growth. I do this for fun because I love sci fi after all. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't mind it growing even more! lol.
Just finished listening to Ringworld as an audibook, and this was a good refresher on all its events. Some bits stayed vague to me because of the complexity described in the book, so this also helped me understand some things I previously was left unsure on. For example, I must've forgotten or even missed that their ship was ever called The Lying Bastard, and thought they were calling it the Lyre instead of the Liar this whole time hahahah. Great summaries, man, looking forward to more of these from you for sure. Also glad that you left out all the worst of Niven's bizarre bits of writing.. ie everything in Ringworld reflecting his misogyny and horniness LOL. There was really a lot. Kind of comes through even just in his worldbuilding, with how reproduction works for Puppeteers and Kzin alike.. And of course.. The Pak Protectors middle life cycle just being 'breeders'....... Reading about Louis and Teela's (as well as his and Pril's) relationship became really insufferable at times. Niven's worldbuilding is unmatched. His freaky views on women? Also unmatched. lmao.
Like even the fact Teela and Louis were a thing at all was gross. He was 10x her age!! He literally said so himself, and referred to her as a child or childish many times!! Yikes, Niven!! Not to mention how truly mentally a child she was compared to 200 year old Louis.... Aaaahhh!
I’m not writer, but it would be interesting if they came up with a ringworld prequel about before the meteor crash,through the ringworld, and created the fist of God. Also there was civilization before it was wiped out. Make it like a disaster story of that event. Title the story called Ringworld, The Birth Of Fist of God or something. It would be interesting 😎
Why would ring world need to spin? Perhaps to stabilize itself with its star and to have night & day cycles with blocking plates.. Certainly not for gravity. As mass of planet size slice of Ringworld, wiht its core Skrim, then natural rock strata, sand, dirt, and water would produce local gravity sufficiently close to 1G Earth. The core structure is likely 6-8 billion years(Earth objective) old, with rock strata harvested from planets originally in the star system. Various life forms would be deposited by various means, evolve naturally, and colonized by successive spacefaring civilizations, across epochs of time.
There are two reasons related to gravity: to overcome the attraction between the ring and the star; to generate or reinforce the gravity (or inertia) necessary to maintain the atmosphere, etc. If it only stabilizes the attraction between ring and star, the mass of the ring is not enough to keep things "on the ground" (on the inner face of the ring...), notably the atmosphere.
There are two reasons related to gravity: to overcome the attraction between the ring and the star; to generate or reinforce the gravity (or inertia) necessary to maintain the atmosphere, etc. If it only stabilizes the attraction between ring and star, the mass of the ring is not enough to keep things "on the ground" (on the inner face of the ring...), notably the atmosphere.
It has been brought to my attention that I made a huge mistake. I must have misplaced a comma on my data sheet I made for the ringworld. I repeatedly say (and its even in the thumbnail) that the ringworld is 30 million times the area of earth. It is actually *only* 3 million times. My apologies for the error.
Thank you, again, for covering one of the true classics of science fiction. Great job.
Ah Ringworld one of the best reads of the 60's & 70's.
Great narration, easy to follow the story and imagine whats going on, at least to the extent my best attempts to interpret what everything looks like
I also want to thank you for the Ringworld videos. It has been decades since I read the Ringworld novels. You videos bring back so much that I have forgotten about the novel. Please continue the series about Ringworld in Larry Nevin's other novels.
Thank you for your Ringworld videos. I read it ages ago and the parts you touched on were a great reminder of the story bits I had forgotten.
The Ringworld books are among the best stories I've ever read, but I have to say that part about breeding for luck was utterly disappointing but I stuck with the story and was abundantly rewarded.
Yeah, I think it rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Thankfully its not really an aspect of the sequels iirc. I'll be re reading them soon to make a video on them so I'll address that if so. Protector-Teela even walks it back a bit I believe.
Lucky you😂
Thank you so much! this is amazing for a big fan of this awe inspiring book for forty years. The illustrations are beautiful and remarkably accurate to the story
I just found your channel and I love it so much!
Binge watching everything
Please keep it up!❤
Thank you man, classic sci-fi is not easy to come by on youtube. If you keep up that quality and upload schedule I think your channel can get really big, at least by classic sci-fi standards ;)
TY! I'm already really happy with my channel's growth. I do this for fun because I love sci fi after all. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't mind it growing even more! lol.
Just finished listening to Ringworld as an audibook, and this was a good refresher on all its events. Some bits stayed vague to me because of the complexity described in the book, so this also helped me understand some things I previously was left unsure on. For example, I must've forgotten or even missed that their ship was ever called The Lying Bastard, and thought they were calling it the Lyre instead of the Liar this whole time hahahah.
Great summaries, man, looking forward to more of these from you for sure.
Also glad that you left out all the worst of Niven's bizarre bits of writing.. ie everything in Ringworld reflecting his misogyny and horniness LOL. There was really a lot. Kind of comes through even just in his worldbuilding, with how reproduction works for Puppeteers and Kzin alike.. And of course.. The Pak Protectors middle life cycle just being 'breeders'....... Reading about Louis and Teela's (as well as his and Pril's) relationship became really insufferable at times. Niven's worldbuilding is unmatched. His freaky views on women? Also unmatched. lmao.
Like even the fact Teela and Louis were a thing at all was gross. He was 10x her age!! He literally said so himself, and referred to her as a child or childish many times!! Yikes, Niven!! Not to mention how truly mentally a child she was compared to 200 year old Louis.... Aaaahhh!
agreed
I’m not writer, but it would be interesting if they came up with a ringworld prequel about before the meteor crash,through the ringworld, and created the fist of God. Also there was civilization before it was wiped out. Make it like a disaster story of that event.
Title the story called Ringworld, The Birth Of Fist of God or something. It would be interesting 😎
Hope ringworld will not be a movie and i remember it as it was in the books.
Question; why did the shadow squares have a higher speed than the ringworld?
please dive deeper in ring world
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Why would ring world need to spin? Perhaps to stabilize itself with its star and to have night & day cycles with blocking plates.. Certainly not for gravity. As mass of planet size slice of Ringworld, wiht its core Skrim, then natural rock strata, sand, dirt, and water would produce local gravity sufficiently close to 1G Earth. The core structure is likely 6-8 billion years(Earth objective) old, with rock strata harvested from planets originally in the star system. Various life forms would be deposited by various means, evolve naturally, and colonized by successive spacefaring civilizations, across epochs of time.
gravity???????????????????????????????????
There are two reasons related to gravity: to overcome the attraction between the ring and the star; to generate or reinforce the gravity (or inertia) necessary to maintain the atmosphere, etc. If it only stabilizes the attraction between ring and star, the mass of the ring is not enough to keep things "on the ground" (on the inner face of the ring...), notably the atmosphere.
There are two reasons related to gravity:
to overcome the attraction between the ring and the star;
to generate or reinforce the gravity (or inertia) necessary to maintain the atmosphere, etc.
If it only stabilizes the attraction between ring and star, the mass of the ring is not enough to keep things "on the ground" (on the inner face of the ring...), notably the atmosphere.
Ditto
Poor speaker. He’s the warf equivalent
Looee. Who is loois🤦🏻♂️