Larry Niven
1) Ringworld
Author
Series
Ringworld series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Welcome to Ringworld, an intermediate step between Dyson Spheres and planets. Ninety-three million miles in radius—the equivalent of one Earth orbit or 600 miles long—1,000 meters thick, and much sturdier than a Dyson sphere.What other advantages are there to this world? The gravitational force created by a rotation on its axis of 770 miles per second means no need for a roof. Walls 1,000 miles high at each rim will let in the sun and prevent...
5) Inferno
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
An unearthly voice hisses unholy welcome, and the late, great Allen Carpentier begins his one-way journey into the dim nether regions where flame-colored demons wield diabolically sharp pitchforks and tormented vixens reign forever in a pond of sheet ice. Here, in this land of torment and terror, he discovers the amazing truth of the ultimate adventure that lies beyond the grave. After being thrown out of the window of his luxury apartment, science...
Author
Series
Bowl of heaven volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by the discovery of an immense bowl-shaped structure in space that leads to hostile alien encounters and profound revelations about humanity's place in the universe.
7) Shipstar
Author
Series
Bowl of heaven volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is...