Encyclopedia - Ringworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Ringworld - Ringworld Engineering
The "Ringworld" is an artificial ring about one million miles wide and approximately the diameter of Earth's orbit (which makes it about ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Megastructure: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Megastructure - Installation 04
Installation 04 is the official name of Alpha Halo (or simply Halo) in Halo: Combat Evolved. Halo is one of seven giant ring-worlds built...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pak Protector: Encyclopedia Ii - Pak Protector - Tree Of Life
Tree-of-Life is a bush whose smell is unnoticeable to breeders until they reach about 25 Pak years (or 42 human years); after that, the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyson Sphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyson Sphere - Variants
There are several variants on Dyson's original concept that have been proposed over the years, which differ based on their composition an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghoul: Encyclopedia - Ghoul
A ghoul is said to be a monster from Persian folklore that feeds on human flesh. The English word comes from the Persian name for the cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimatter: Encyclopedia - Antimatter
Particle accelerator Penning trap positron antiproton antineutron Antimuon Antitauon Electron antineutrino Muon antineutrino Tau anti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaosium: Encyclopedia - Chaosium
Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. Originally founded by Greg Stafford, its first g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luck: Encyclopedia - Luck
This article is about good and bad fortune. There is also: Luck, Volhynia, a town in Ukraine, and Luck, Wisconsin, a village in the USA. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyson Sphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyson Sphere - History
The concept of the Dyson sphere was the result of a thought experiment by Freeman Dyson where he noted that every human technological civ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1971 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1971 In Literature
See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. 1971 in literature - Events. The D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neologism: Encyclopedia - Neologism
A neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created ("coined") —often to apply to new concepts, or to reshape older ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Megastructure: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Megastructure - Installation 05
In Halo 2, Installation 05, also known as Delta Halo (see footnotes), is another one of the "Fortress World" Installations built by the F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Megastructure: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Megastructure - Origin
The Halos are a set of seven (Now six, one was destroyed) giant, ring-shaped worlds built by the Forerunners, an ancient alien species ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyson Sphere: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyson Sphere - Dyson Spheres In Fiction
Main article: Dyson spheres in fiction As noted above, the Dyson sphere orginated in fiction (see Star Maker, by Olaf Stapledon), and it ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pak Protector: Encyclopedia Ii - Pak Protector - The Pak Species
Pak evolved on a planet near the core of the galaxy. Increased radiation levels at the core cause severe mutations that can destabilize t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pak Protector: Encyclopedia Ii - Pak Protector - Protector Behaviour
Pak Protectors have an in-built need to look after (or protect, hence the name) their "parent" breeder species. Protectors recognize thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyberpunk: Encyclopedia - Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk (a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk) is a sub-genre of science fiction that focuses on advanced technology such as computers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pak Protector: Encyclopedia Ii - Pak Protector - Narrative Purpose
It appears that Larry Niven created the Pak Protectors partly to show that high intelligence is simply an evolutionary tool. There have b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pak Protector: Encyclopedia Ii - Pak Protector - The Pak And Humanity
Humans are descended from Pak breeders that were stranded on Earth 2.5 million years ago. The protectors that built the colony ship died ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierson's Puppeteer: Encyclopedia Ii - Pierson's Puppeteer - Biology And Sociology
Physically, Puppeteers resemble a centaur with three legs ending in hooved feet and two snake-like heads instead of a humanoid upper body...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Megastructure: Encyclopedia Ii - Megastructure - Existing Megastructures
It is debatable whether any exist today. While there are a structures on earth that meet the megameter dimension requirement, such as, T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Other
Halo video game series - Master Chief. Master Chief's true name is John, and his surname has never been revealed. His birth name was ef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klemperer Rosette: Encyclopedia Ii - Klemperer Rosette - Misuse And Misspelling
The term "Klemperer rosette" (often mis-spelled "Kemplerer rosette") is often used to mean a stable configuration of three or more equal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kardashev Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Kardashev Scale - Usage And Examples
Human civilization is currently somewhere below Type I, as it is able to harness only a portion of the energy that is available on Earth....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planets In Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Planets In Science Fiction - Fictional Planets
Authors have created thousands of fictional planets. Most of them are nearly indistinguishable from Earth, which is why Brian M. Stablefo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Known Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Known Space - Overview
Known Space - Races. In the process of exploring space, humankind encounters several intelligent alien species, including the following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Space Aliens In Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Space Aliens In Fiction - List Of Named Species
List of space aliens in fiction - A. Abe (Abe's Oddysee) Abh (Crest of the Stars) Abyormenites (Hal Clement's Cycle of Fire (floating ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Universes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Universes - Science Fiction
List of fictional universes - Novels and short stories. Amber (Roger Zelazny) Chronicles of an Age of Darkness series by Hugh Cook The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Spaceships: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Spaceships - Interstellar
List of fictional spaceships - Military & Exploration. Andromeda Ascendant - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda DSS Alekssander - StarCr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Video Games Based On Licensed Properties: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Video Games Based On Licensed Properties - Children's
Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius are also characters in Nicktoons Unite! (PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS) The Fairly O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kzin: Encyclopedia Ii - Kzin - Background And History
Kzinti evolved from a plains hunting cat, stole their current space-faring technology, and bred (most of) their own females into sub-sapi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ringworld Rpg: Encyclopedia Ii - Ringworld Rpg - Setting
The setting is a distant future based on extrapolation of as much hard science as Niven had available. Specifically, it's the 29th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shared Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Shared Universe - Amateur Examples
The Internet boom in the 1990's made it possible for amateur authors with similar interests to write stories in the same shared universes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Startopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Startopia - Alien Races
Amusingly, every alien race in Startopia serves an in-game function, as well as a "theme". Startopia - Groulien Salt Hogs. Short but pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - Elementary Properties Of Superconductors
Most of the physical properties of superconductors vary from material to material, such as the heat capacity and the critical temperature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Biography
Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield to David and Eileen Pratchett, of Hay-on-Wye. He credits his education to High Wycombe T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geek Canon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geek Canon - Books
There is quite a lot of science fiction and other geek-related subjects. Some of the most famous include topics such as the future of com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Biography
Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield to David and Eileen Pratchett, of Hay-on-Wye. He credits his education to High Wycombe T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - Elementary Properties Of Superconductors
Most of the physical properties of superconductors vary from material to material, such as the heat capacity and the critical temperature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - History
Roman Hispalis, in the province of Hispania Baetica, became ʾIšbīliyyah (Arabic أشبيليّة) under the Moors. Though Greeks and R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Other
Halo video game series - Master Chief. Main article: Master Chief (Halo) Master Chief's true name is John, and his surname has never ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - The Culture - Culture Citizens
The Culture - Biological. The Culture is a posthuman society, which originally arose when seven or eight roughly humanoid space-faring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Larry Niven: Encyclopedia Ii - Larry Niven - Career
Niven is the author of numerous science fiction short stories and novels, beginning with his 1964 story "The Coldest Place" (which in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neologism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neologism - Changing Culture
Neologisms tend to occur more often in cultures which are rapidly changing, and also in situations where there is easy and fast propagati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luck: Encyclopedia Ii - Luck - Rational Viewpoint
As related to the occurrences of actual events considered to be of low probability in a mathematical or statistical sense. A rationalist ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyberpunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyberpunk - Style
Cyberpunk writers tend to use elements from the hard-boiled detective novel, film noir, and postmodernist prose to describe the often nih...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld World: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld World - Geography
Directions within the Discworld are not given as North, South, East and West, but rather as directions relating to the disc itself: Hubwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Freeman Dyson: Encyclopedia Ii - Freeman Dyson - Career
Dyson worked as an analyst for British Bomber Command during World War II. After the war, he obtained a degree in mathematics from Cambri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimatter: Encyclopedia Ii - Antimatter - Antimatter As Fuel
In antimatter-matter collisions, the entire rest mass of the particles is converted to energy. The energy per unit mass is about 10 order...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghoul: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghoul - Ghouls In Fiction
In modern fiction, ghouls are often confused with other types of undead, usually the mindless varieties of vampires and zombies. Although...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - Sports
Home town of two rival soccer teams Real Betis Balompié and Sevilla FC. Seville hosted the 7th Athletics World Championships in 1999. Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimatter: Encyclopedia Ii - Antimatter - Antimatter Production
Scientists in 1995 succeeded in producing antiatoms of hydrogen, and also antideuterium nuclei, made out of an antiproton and an antineut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - Trivia
Seville is known for its hot summer weather, reaching even 50.0°C (122.0°F) on August 4, 1881, the record heat for Europe. The Sevillan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Video Games
Halo was the most popular application for the Xbox console up until the release of its more ambitious sequel, Halo 2. Halo video game se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Future Video Game Releases
Halo video game series - Halo 3. The cliffhanger ending of Halo 2, as well as the success of the Halo franchise, makes a sequel extreme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - Superconductors In Science Fiction
Superconductivity has long been a staple of science fiction. One of the first mentions of the phenomenon occurred in Robert A. Heinlein's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Fans
First editions of the early Discworld books in good condition are very valuable - the British first hardcover edition of The Colour of Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Works About Pratchett
Pratchett's books have received a level of critical acclaim unusual for their genre. A collection of essays about his writings is compile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Adaptations
Terry Pratchett - Comic books. The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Mort and Guards! Guards! have all been adapted as graphic nov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luck: Encyclopedia Ii - Luck - Spiritual Viewpoint
There is also sometimes considered to be a spiritual, metphysical, or supernatural bias towards experiencing events of good or ill fortun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - History Of Superconductivity
Main article : History of superconductivity Superconductivity was discovered in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who was studying the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Possible Influences
Some fans believe Halo and Halo 2 were influenced by a number of other games and pop culture references, partially based on the game seri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - Technological Applications Of Superconductivity
There have been many technological innovations based on superconductivity. Superconductors are used to make the most powerful electromagn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - Sights
The city's cathedral was built from 1401–1519 after the Reconquista on the former site of the city's mosque. It is the largest of all m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimatter: Encyclopedia Ii - Antimatter - Notation
Physicists need a notation to distinguish particles from antiparticles. One way is to denote an antiparticle by adding a bar (or macron) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Startopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Startopia - Gameplay
The game revolves around buying and placing facilities in a space station, and hiring various aliens to operate those facilities. Some ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Startopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Startopia - Overview
Set onboard a series of abandoned Ringworld-like space stations, the single-player aspect of Startopia revolves around the player being t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shared Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Shared Universe - Shared-universe Etiquette
Originally, shared universe stories were typically written by a small group of authors (most commonly, only two) who were already on frie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - Superconductors In Science Fiction
Superconductivity has long been a staple of science fiction. One of the first mentions of the phenomenon occurred in Robert A. Heinlein's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - Technological Applications Of Superconductivity
There have been many technological innovations based on superconductivity. Superconductors are used to make the most powerful electromagn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superconductivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Superconductivity - History Of Superconductivity
Main article : History of superconductivity Superconductivity was discovered in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who was studying the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimatter: Encyclopedia Ii - Antimatter - History
In 1928 Paul Dirac developed a relativistic equation for the electron, now known as the Dirac equation. Curiously, the equation was found...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ringworld Rpg: Encyclopedia Ii - Ringworld Rpg - Game System
A character is initially defined by his species or world of origin, which affects characteristics (for example, by determining the gravit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Adaptations
Terry Pratchett - Comic books. The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Mort and Guards! Guards! have all been adapted as graphic nov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Discworld
Now containing over thirty books, the Discworld series is a humorous fantasy work that parodies everything under the sun where the disc-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Discworld
Now containing over 30 books, the Discworld series is a humorous fantasy work that parodies everything under the sun where the disc-shape...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Works About Pratchett
Pratchett's books have received a level of critical acclaim unusual for their genre. A collection of essays about his writings is compile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Pratchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Pratchett - Fans
First editions of the early Discworld books in good condition are very valuable - the British first hardcover edition of The Colour of Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ringworld Rpg: Encyclopedia Ii - Ringworld Rpg - Game Play
The players initially play explorers from Known Space, sent as scouts to the Ringworld. The can be anthropologists, artists, doctors, pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimatter: Encyclopedia Ii - Antimatter - Antimatter Production
Scientists in 1995 succeeded in producing antiatoms of hydrogen, and also antideuterium nuclei, made out of an antiproton and an antineut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimatter: Encyclopedia Ii - Antimatter - The Antiuniverse
Dirac himself was the first to consider the existence of antimatter in an astronomical scale. But it was only after the confirmation of h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - The Culture - Real-world Politics
Comparisons are often made between the Culture and the 20th and 21st Century Western civilization(s), particularly their interventions in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld World: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld World - Communication And Travel
Since their development around the time of The Fifth Elephant clacks towers have been one of the principal means of communication around ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kardashev Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Kardashev Scale - Literature Describing Different Kardashev Types
These categorizations are not firm, and are neither complete nor absolute. Science fiction writers do not specifically write their works ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kardashev Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Kardashev Scale - Hypothetical Futures
Science fiction, having extended these values has also provided guides for possible future changes associated with the fractionalized ver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld World: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld World - Calendar
Main article: Discworld calendar Eight is a significant number on the Discworld. There are eight colours in the visible spectrum (the eig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Known Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Known Space - Stories In Known Space
Unlike many fictional universes, the component tales of known space were largely released as short stories or serials in various science ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Larry Niven: Encyclopedia Ii - Larry Niven - Miscellaneous Notes
A thinly disguised Niven appears as the character "Lawrence Van Cott" in the Greg Bear novel The Forge of God. A part of the computer gam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld World: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld World - Populace
See the Discworld characters and minor Discworld characters articles for a list of characters from the novels, including the gods. The Di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kardashev Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Kardashev Scale - Hypothetical Extensions
The exponential structure of the scale allows ready extrapolation to higher types. For example: Type IV: control of the energy output of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kardashev Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Kardashev Scale - Civilization Implications
There are many historical examples of civilizations undergoing large-scale transitions, such as the Industrial Revolution and the Renaiss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Video Games
Halo was the most popular application for the Xbox console up until the release of its more ambitious sequel, Halo 2. Halo video game se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geek Canon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geek Canon - Computer Games
Computer games usually qualify by being the first of a genre, early in a phase of computing history, or by being the seeds of a community...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geek Canon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geek Canon - Television
Geek canon television shows include the television series Star Trek (particularly the original series), Babylon 5, Firefly, Farscape, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Future Video Game Releases
Halo video game series - Halo 3. The cliffhanger ending of Halo 2, as well as the success of the Halo franchise, makes a sequel extreme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halo Video Game Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Halo Video Game Series - Possible Influences
Some fans believe Halo and Halo 2 were influenced by a number of other games and pop culture references. These include StarCraft, the Ali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kardashev Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Kardashev Scale - Weakness By Supposition?
It has been argued that, because we cannot understand advanced civilizations, we cannot predict their behavior; thus, Kardashev's visuali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld World: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld World - Other Discworlds
Other discworlds known to exist in the Discworld universe include Bathys, a water world which is home to sea trolls, and an unnamed world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luck: Encyclopedia Ii - Luck - Effects Of Viewpoint And Beliefs
The belief in luck as a supernatural phenomenon is generally regarded by rationalists as a form of magical thinking. However, there is ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld World: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld World - Magic
Main article: Magic (Discworld) Magic is the principal force on the Discworld, and operates in a similar vein to elemental forces such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luck: Encyclopedia Ii - Luck - Items Or Events
Several items or happenings are considered lucky or unlucky. Luck - Lucky. Finding a penny on heads Horseshoes Four-leaf clovers Rabbi...   » Read the article