A review by j0keman98
Orbitsville by Bob Shaw

2.0

The orbitsville was in my list of classic sci-fi to read but after finishing the first book I am disappointed. The orbitsville is a sci-fi novel about a dyson sphere built by advanced alien civilization, its past is unknown and its current state serves as a space motel, there are many things wrong with the story. First of all the characters are really unattended, most of them are just a name while the rest are so monotone that you can hardly understand them even the main protagonist. Secondly the world is so giant that not only the author doesn't gets to write about it but also whatever he writes about fades in the story since the world is not the focus of the story (shocking!). And lastly the ending seems super rushed while the author gets to waste time on some previous chapters, the final chapter is so compressed and feels too forced.
On the bright side i liked the book initial run it was thrilling and energetic and sometimes the book got serious on math and science and I liked those. Overall 2 starts for good science content and ambitious notions but it doesn't offer anything other than that.
P. S: I thought the trilogy was a continuous series but it is not and I was extra disappointed about that.