Ringworld од Лери Нивен


Ringworld е огромен прстен поставен околу ѕвезда, варијација на Дајсонова сфера. Содржи населива пвршина еднаква на три милиони Земји, и претставува класичен пример на нешто што се нарекува Big Dumb Object во НФ.

Добро смислени нехуманоиди се секогаш предност (Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials: Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature)

Несус, кој припадник на раса интелигентни тревопасци наречени Puppeteers (Куклари) собира тим составен од 200 годишниот Луис Ву, неговата нова девојка Тила Браун, двајцата припадници на нашата раса, и Speaker-to-animals, претставник на воинствените Кзинти. Тимот е со цел да се истражи Прстенот. И така почнуваат авантура која ќе ве држи постојано низ сите тристотини страни.

Приказната на моменти менува темпо, но секако успева да задржи внимание. Почнува малку бавно со опишување на универзумот во кој живее Луис Ву, односите на вонземјаните со човештвото, сето тоа прошарано со измислени жаргонизми како „tanj“ (акроним од „there ain't no justice“) и по некоја шега и социјален коментар.Кога конечно пристигаат на Прстенот, почнува вистинската авантура. Лери Нивен дава прилично детален опис на оваа структура, доволно за да почне дебата кај неговите фанови во МИТ (Масачусетс Институт за Технологија), кои подоцна ќе му укажат дека Прстенот нема да е стабилен околу матичната ѕвезда, и тоа ќе биде поттик за втората книга, The Ringworld Engineers.
Но, сепак Нивен е математичар по звање, а и важи за hard SF автор, па повеќето опишани концепти му се во доменот на веројатното, ако не во блиска иднина, тогаш понатаму. За оние кои не се интересираат многу за техничките термини и теориите зад најразличните концепти, и повеќе читаат за приказната и истражувањето, треба да напоменам дека постои одличен баланс меѓу тешките НФ и останатите елементи. Самата главна приказна има помалку апстрактна (и иронична) нишка.

Ringworld
Три милиони Земји површина.
Интересни вонземјани, загубени градови, лебдечки замоци, огромни океани, планини, и многу прашања. Кој, како и зошто го изградил Прстенот? Која е улогата на Кукларите? Фрлете се во истражувањето на Ringworld!

За крај, за оние кои сакат бројки и мапи, еве мала интерактивна мапа на Ringworld.

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