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The release of the original 1977 movie, and the gas bubble in the zeitgeist subsequently associated with that event, was so significant, it put a permanent dent in the scrith.
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The rim wall was a continuous sheet of scrith, of Ringworld floor material as strong as the force that held an atomic nucleus together.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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If they moved as fast as that, the wind would blow the landscape right off the scrith foundation!
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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CZILTANG BRONE: alleged to be a device to allow solid objects to penetrate scrith.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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The scrith floor of the Ringworld is probably less than a hundred feet thick.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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Above the scrith the mountains and valleys showed translucent.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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If it hid Teela Brown, she couldn't detect them through scrith.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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They found a central pillar twenty miles tall, a sheath of scrith enclosing the cooling pumps for the Map of Mars.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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Nothing will grow on scrith, and it is too slippery to climb.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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CZILTANG BRONE: A City Builder device, a beamer that allows solid objects, freight, passengers, etc., to penetrate scrith.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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