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Orbitsville

(1975)
(The first book in the Orbitsville series)
A novel by Bob Shaw

Awards
1976 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee)
1975 BSFA Award for Best Novel

Fleeing Elizabeth Lindstrom's anger at the death of her son, Vance Garamond, a flickerwing commander, leaves the solar system far behind. Pursued by Earth's space fleet, Garamond finds a vast, alien-built spherical structure which might just change the destiny of the human race.

Genre: Science Fiction

Praise for this book

"Undoubtedly one of the very best SF authors writing today." - Harry Harrison

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