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[QUOTE]Originally posted by RAMA4: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [qb] I don't KNOW HOW BIG THE worldship is, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out if you assume that the things are planets of near-earth size, within a reasonable range. It may be the single largest artificial structure in sci-fi of which I am aware. And how is it related to Niven? He didn't invent the concept of sun-encircling structures. [/qb][/QUOTE]Well, its hard to say..20 worlds as opposed to the materials of millions of worlds it took to build the Dyson Shpere...I'd still say the Dyson sphere is bigger. Based on the few photos images of the Magog Worldship, I'd estimate it to be about 5-6 of the larger worlds in diameter across. If they're 10,000 miles then that might be about 60,000 miles. If they're larger, maybe its in the 100,000 mile range, still well short of the Dyson SPhere. There are other ringworlds/dyson spheres in SF, but the closest analog I have seen to the Magog ship is the Puppeteer worldship. RAMA [/QB][/QUOTE]
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