Welcome
This is the Timberlake Junior High fan site for the book Ring World by Larry Niven. If you are not familiar with the book then I suggest you give it a try sometime if you like Science Fiction.
The Idea
This site is an experiment based upon what authors are currently doing on MySpace. Up and coming Authors are setting up their own MySpace sites, not as themselves, but as the characters from their books so that people can learn more about what the Author felt the character was trying to say or be during the story. Fans have really taken to this concept and have started their own fan sites describing their favorite characters from their own point of view. The Authors and fans have really brought life to these People who before only existed in paper and ink. They include original artwork at times as pictures of the characters, or pictures of themselves dressed as the characters, or even pictures of celebrities and people they feel look like the characters from the story.
This site is our own version of that idea but in an environment where the students can safely share and explore their ideas and opinions about a book they have just read together.
Please feel free to read and leave comments because an idea only grows better as it is explored and expanded upon.
In case you are interested in RingWorld this is the quick description from Amazon.com
” In the first book of this award-winning series, a huge architectural ring is constructed in outer space. In time it will house the inhabitants of the dying Earth. A whole new world is emerging, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing an area three million times the area of the Earth. Ringworld has a gravitational field and high walls to preserve its atmosphere. Its proximity to the sun maintains the new planet’s climate. With those kinds of resources at its disposal, humankind can begin anew — but not without meeting the disquieting challenges of a brave new world. Breath- taking ingenious from start to finish, RINGWORLD is fast becoming a science fiction classic.”
