Orbitsville

1975 novel by Bob Shaw

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 installments 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.

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BSFA Award for Best Novel
1969–1979
  • Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (1969)
  • The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner (1970)
  • Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1973)
  • Inverted World by Christopher Priest (1974)
  • Orbitsville by Bob Shaw (1975)
  • Brontomek! by Michael G. Coney (1976)
  • The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson (1977)
  • A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1978)
  • The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (1979)
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