Orbitsville
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Cover of the first edition, published by Gollancz.
Orbitsville is a science fiction novel by British writer Bob Shaw, published in book form in 1975. It is about the discovery of a Dyson sphere-like artefact surrounding a star.
The novel had previously appeared in three instalments in Galaxy Science Fiction, in June, July and August 1974. After its publication as a book it won the British Science Fiction Award for the best novel in 1976.
Shaw wrote two sequels, Orbitsville Departure (ISBN 0-671-69831-1), published in 1983, and Orbitsville Judgement, published in 1990.
External links[]
- Orbitsville title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- 1975 British novels
- 1975 science fiction novels
- Novels by Bob Shaw
- Victor Gollancz Ltd books
- 1970s science fiction novel stubs