Name: Orbitsville
ISBN: 9780575110922

Bob Shaw

Racing from the certain vengeance of Earth's tyrant ruler, space captain Vance Garamond flees the Solar System. And discovers the almost unimaginably vast spherical structure soon to become famous as 'Orbitsville' - a new home for Earth's huddled masses. Behind Garamond comes Earth's space fleet... Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 1975

Orbitsville Book 1

Orbitsville

Jan Jackson

** spoiler alert **
           A classic. It’s a relief to read ‘hard SF’ - Dodgy Earth rulers, Dyson spheres and the galactic diaspora. This one shows its age, a bit, but then so do I. The characterisation is minimal, but it’s the wonder and potential of the discovery that is the joy, here.

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