num_pages: 219
description: The men were outcasts from overcrowded Earth, fleeing hopelessly from the wrath of the vindictive Empress. They had thought themselves lucky to escape in their little ship - until they realized that they had only traded a quick death on Earth for a lingering death in the black depths of space. The planet was a gleaming sphere with two hundred million miles in diameter, floating like a jewel in the darkness. Its surface appeared to be featureless and dead, like that of so many worlds the men had passed - but there was a small hole in its side. And when the crew went to investigate the light streaming from that hole, they found a world beyond their wildest dreams. The sphere was hollow, an inverted artificial planet. At its center blazed a warm yellow sun, and around the inner surface were meadows and mountains and streams enough to support all humanity for the next million years. Suddenly the outcasts are the pioneers - and all Earth is on their debt!
language: English
title: Orbitsville
titlecomplete: Orbitsville
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Space Opera, Collections, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 845
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: Orbit Books