Ringworld (Ringworld, volume 1) by Larry Niven

[james_davis_nicoll]

Ringworld (Ringworld, volume 1) by Larry Niven

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[beamjockey]

Not a megastructure story, but I wish to put in a good word for Hal Clement's Iceworld. Much of the story involves devising ways to explore the hostile environment of a planet with remotely-controlled spacecraft and instruments. An unusual amount of thought goes into this scenario, by the standards of 1951 SF.

In those days, spacemen usually just landed on a new planet, with or without space suits, and walked around.