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Orbitsville

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

 
 
Awards
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel (nominee)
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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