![]() Night is provided by an inner ring of shadow squares which are connected to each other by thin, ultra-strong wire. The Ringworld has a habitable, flat inner surface (equivalent in area to approximately three million Earths), a breathable atmosphere and a temperature optimal for humans. It rotates to provide artificial gravity 99.2% as strong as Earth's from centrifugal force. ![]() The Ringworld is about one million miles (1.6 million km) wide and approximately the diameter of Earth's orbit (which makes it about 584.3 million miles or 940.4 million km in circumference), encircling a sunlike star. They first go to the puppeteer home world, where they learn that the expedition's goal is to investigate the Ringworld, a gigantic artificial ring, to see if it poses any threat. Speaker-to-Animals (Speaker), who is a Kzin, and Teela Brown, a young human woman who becomes Louis's lover, also join the crew. He meets Nessus, a Pierson's puppeteer, who offers him a mysterious job. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has once again become bored with human society and is thinking about taking one of his periodic sabbaticals, alone in a spaceship far away from other people. Despite his age, Louis is in perfect physical condition (due to the longevity drug boosterspice). On planet Earth in 2850 AD, Louis Gridley Wu is celebrating his 200th birthday. ![]()
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