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message 1: by Tom (new)

Tom (TamB) | 7 comments Has anyone else ever written a book where the setting is a Dyson Sphere? If so I was wondering how you set things up.


message 2: by Alan (new)

Alan (coachmt) | 12 comments Ringworld by Larry Niven was written many years ago on a similar premise... not a sphere, but a ring.Ringworld


message 3: by Tom (new)

Tom (TamB) | 7 comments Alan wrote: "Ringworld by Larry Niven was written many years ago on a similar premise... not a sphere, but a ring.Ringworld"

I've read Ringworld and one of the sequels. Iain Banks mentions them in passing in his culture books, I was wondering if anyone else here has ever used one in a novel.


message 4: by Alan (new)

Alan (coachmt) | 12 comments There's an article on Wikipedia about Dyson spheres in fiction if you search that. Quite a long list actually.


message 5: by Tom (new)

Tom (TamB) | 7 comments Hi Alan, I was just wondering if anyone else here had used one, just for a chat really.


message 6: by Alan (new)

Alan (coachmt) | 12 comments Ah, sorry, my bad. Thought you were looking for examples!


message 7: by Tom (new)

Tom (TamB) | 7 comments Nae problems, at least I know someone was listening


message 8: by Tom (new)

Tom (TamB) | 7 comments I thought I'd update this with a link to my book if anyone is interested.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...


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