27 May 2024

Recreating Ringworld

From Sci Fi / Sci Fact, 5:00 am on 27 May 2024
The cover of Larry Niven's book Ringworld, the 1985 reprint by Del Rey Books / Ballantine Books Inc

The cover of Larry Niven's book Ringworld, the 1985 reprint by Del Rey Books / Ballantine Books Inc Photo: RNZ

Chris Bumby

Photo: Te Herenga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington

Larry Niven's Ringworld was first published in 1970, but has been reprinted many times and also turned into computer and video games and word is that Amazon is currently developing it for a TV series.

In this episode of Sci Fi / Sci Fact, Dr Chris Bumby and Bryan Crump chat about the chances of us developing a Ringworld or our own.

 

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