• Zoift [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    Lmao, I remember that story, and its great because every ringworld book has to spend at least a chapter addressing some other, newly noticed, fatal flaw with the concept.

    Niven is such a fuckin boomer hack.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      I am blessed to pretty much forget all the shitty parts of old sci-fi I read when I was a kid. I only remember some of Niven’s brainworms, while clearly remembering that “WE MADE IT!” is the best name for a settled planet in all of sci-fi history.