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Orbitsville (Pan science fiction) Book
In 1960, scientist Freeman Dyson suggested that advanced alien civilizations would rebuild their solar systems into "Dyson spheres" enclosing the sun and harnessing all its output. SF writers developed the idea: Larry Niven's Ringworld (1970) features a cut-down version while Bob Shaw's Orbitsville (1975) broods on the unimaginable vastness of the entire sphere whose inner surface has five billiontimes Earth's land area.Shaw kick-starts his story with panicky intensity as starship commander Garamond, knowing he'll be blamed for the accidental death of his powerful(and unpleasant) employer Elizabeth Lindstrom's young son, goes on the run. He hijacks his own ship and heads for unexplored galactic regions... to discover this gigantic construction. There's a striking scene as he penetrates … read more...
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