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  • Even that force wasn't as strong as a meteoroid moving at Ringworld speed, and Louis noted a punch hole high up on the rim wall, a few million miles antispin from the _other_ Great Ocean.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • He thinks he's found a protector on the other Great Ocean, and another halfway up the Arch to antispin, and maybe more at work on the rim wall.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • Lightning played to antispin-starboard, the direction of the vampires 'stronghold.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • There was a midden, a garbage dump off to port-antispin of the Shadow Nest.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • But the warriors on the wall were buzzing among themselves, pointing, firing bolts into the dark to spin and starboard and antispin.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • Meiton's first thought was that something had happened to the sail; perhaps the antispin devices had failed, and the rigging had become twisted.

    The Wind from The Sun Clarke, Arthur C. 1962

  • Normal rubber, speed glue, long and medium pips, and even antispin - been there and done that.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • "This range of mountains to port and antispin of the Shadow Nest stands between there and here.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

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