Books like The Ringworld Engineers

\ 1. Some Non-Trivial Calculus\ As the MIT students sang back in 1971:Oh, the Ringworld is unstablethe Ringworld is unstabledid the best that they were ableand it's good enough for me!People who want the details should check out Non-Linear Dynamics of Ringworld Systems, by Colin McInnes (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/6244/). It'sfascinating. If you like that kind of thing.\ 2. The Puppeteer Shock Doctrine\ See, they engineered this disaster so that the Friedmanite Puppeteer government could force the Ringworlders to reorganize their economy according to strict monetarist principles in order to quality for an IMF loan, thus immediately creating...Hey, Naomi! What are you doing here, this is a science-fiction review! The policy seminar is two URLs down the hall.Sorry.\ 3. The Story Of O How Do We Make This More Interesting\ Wait... how about putting in some sex with a bunch of non-human but, you know, sexy creatures? That often works, doesn't it? Perhaps some of them could be, hm, vampires?Thanks, Manny, good idea! I don't know why I didn't think of that! I'm all over it, especially the vampires.\ 4. A Nod To John Stuart Mill\ Suppose you could save 95% of the people in the world by killing the other 5%. What would you do? Oh yes, and the 5% are going to die anyway if you don't kill them.Well, it's bleeding obvious, isn't it? But be assured that I'd wring my hands a bit first, if that makes you feel better.______________________________[Update, Oct 15 2015] Ringworld has been located. I'm hoping the nefarious Puppeteers haven't found out yet and the stabilization system is robust and well-designed.______________________________[Update, Jan 14 2020] Damn. Oh well, maybe the galactic core has exploded or something.