 Bob Shaw's Orbitzville was originally serialized in Galaxy magazine in 1974 I looked these up because my fellow youtuber Becky Reviewed the novel version and it sounded so unusual and interesting that I couldn't Resist and it did turn out to be very interesting and I'm glad I got these the 32nd review is a Starship captain from Earth on the run from the Empire Accidentally discovers an alien Dyson sphere and it changes the course of humanity And it's the most unique approach to the concept of the Dyson sphere that I've ever seen and if anyone else has done it I'm not aware of it. It's certainly a more workable idea than say Larry Nivens Ringworld or the kind of mechanical approach to building a Dyson sphere like we saw in that one episode of Star Trek next generation Seriously if some alien society had the technology and the power to build a Dyson sphere They would do it this way one criticism of this book is that the characters are really two-dimensional and that's a fair criticism I was really So interested in what was gonna happen next is the story changed direction all the time And I really did not know what was gonna happen next and and I love that I really love that about any kind of writing But the the alien this of the Dyson sphere and the well-written approach to just telling the story was so Captivating to me that I really didn't mind the drawbacks of the book And it's not a perfect book at all. In fact the ending is so abrupt. It's like Bob Shaw just reached the word limit that his editors wanted and just stopped writing Regardless, it's such interesting and unique science fiction that I have to give it a thumbs up Please remember to press that like button it helps my videos get seen and then subscribe so you can come back next time I do science fiction book TV and movie reviews all the time and please consider becoming a patron There's a link in the description below when you pledge at the $20 level I will send you a random science fiction book in the mail every month