A Dyson sphere, if i recall correctly, is an artificial world that entirely surrounds a sun, but the radius is about 93 million miles (for a sun of our magnitude) so that the entire inner surface of the sphere would be at a nice distance from the sun and thus easily habitable.thrill wrote:It is. Proceed with the discussion.StatmanCrothers wrote:I thought this was going to be a physics sci-fi thread about a Dyson sphere.
The Ringworld is a modification of this idea, just a (relatively) thin cross section of the entire sphere, imagine a flat ribbon following the orbit of the earth.
All I remember about the Ringworld books, besides the description of the Ringworld, is that there were addicts called "wireheads" that had electrodes implanted into the pleasure center of their brains, and they'd hook up to a nice low current to give themselves the equivalent of a continuous orgasm-level high. They had to set a timer with a forced "off" period because once hooked up, they'd never voluntarily disconnect.
there were some aliens and intrigue and stuff too, i reckon.
