num_pages: 192
description: 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.
language: English
title: Orbitsville
titlecomplete: Orbitsville
genres: 20th Century, Science Fiction, Collections, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Fiction, Space Opera, Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 844
series: Orbitsville
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel
publisher: Victor Gollancz Sf