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On 21/06/2010 3:15 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOT com> schreef in bericht
> news:4c1f4c83$1@news.povray.org...
>> Is that the side wall? It looks a bit strange to me, hidden behind the
>> mountains. If you could see it continuing just slightly above the mountain
>> it might be more recognisable.
>
> The Rim Wall looms over the "local" landscape,, which is seen under an angle
> of 80 degrees to the Ringworld.
>
Yes but in your image it looks, to me, as if a part of the landscape is
veering off to the right at an angle to the ring. I know it is just a
matter of perspective an optical illusion really.
>> To which god does one pray to, to move mountains? ;-)
>
> As Bill said: Louis Wu is the proper god. I wouldn't trust Nessus. ;-)
>
I must re-read the series again, soon.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I should look this up of course, but I seem to remember indeed that the Rim
> Wall was carved into mountain shapes. In the later books, spill mountains
> were added too for the necessary feeding of rivers.
Indeed. ALtho one must wonder why.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
that the code does what you think it does, even if
it doesn't do what you wanted.
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Stephen wrote:
> I must re-read the series again, soon.
Fans should be aware there's a whole new series out, covering what Nessus
was doing the whole time he wasn't obvious. Basically, Known Space as told
from the puppeteer's point of view. Very, very fun.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
that the code does what you think it does, even if
it doesn't do what you wanted.
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On 21/06/2010 5:16 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> I must re-read the series again, soon.
>
> Fans should be aware there's a whole new series out, covering what
> Nessus was doing the whole time he wasn't obvious. Basically, Known
> Space as told from the puppeteer's point of view. Very, very fun.
>
I didn't know. What is it called?
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Stephen
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On 6/21/2010 12:16 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> I must re-read the series again, soon.
>
> Fans should be aware there's a whole new series out, covering what
> Nessus was doing the whole time he wasn't obvious. Basically, Known
> Space as told from the puppeteer's point of view. Very, very fun.
>
IIRC, there's also a book that goes into the technical details behind
the Ringworld series based on conversations by fans over the years on
various newsgroups (not sure which ones though).
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http://isometricland.com
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On 6/21/2010 3:56 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> As I said, I should look this up. I think the inner wall face is
> sculpted/hidden behind mountain shapes. The transport system functions
> behind that fake landscape.
The book mentions how the bottom (or outside edge) of the ring is shaped
like a cake mold due to the sculpting of the mountains, but nothing
about the side walls.
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On 6/21/2010 1:25 PM, SharkD wrote:
> IIRC, there's also a book that goes into the technical details behind
> the Ringworld series based on conversations by fans over the years on
> various newsgroups (not sure which ones though).
>
He talks about it in the introduction to Book 4.
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Stephen wrote:
> I didn't know. What is it called?
I was hoping I wouldn't have to dig it up... ;-)
The volume I have is called "Juggler of Worlds" by Niven and Edward Lerner.
The intro/etc implies there's an entire series, but I haven't tracked it
down yet. Maybe "Fleet of Worlds" according to the cover notes?
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
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it doesn't do what you wanted.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> > I didn't know. What is it called?
>
> I was hoping I wouldn't have to dig it up... ;-)
>
> The volume I have is called "Juggler of Worlds" by Niven and Edward Lerner.
> The intro/etc implies there's an entire series, but I haven't tracked it
> down yet. Maybe "Fleet of Worlds" according to the cover notes?
Wikipedia says "Fleet of Worlds", "Juggler of Worlds" and "Destroyer of Worlds".
I shall have to hunt these down, they sound interesting.
(I only read "Ringworld's Children" quite recently - it was much better than
Throne, I thought it had the same sort of feel as Engineers).
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On 21/06/2010 9:16 PM, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> (I only read "Ringworld's Children" quite recently - it was much better than
> Throne, I thought it had the same sort of feel as Engineers).
>
That's a plus I've not read "Ringworld's Children", yet.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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