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Sci fi that features large structures. Examples might be: dyson spheres or swarms; nicoli dyson beams; shakadov thrusters; ring worlds; shell worlds; o'neill cylinders; giant star ships. That sort of thing.
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
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Pushing Ice
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Rama II (Rama #2)
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The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2)
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
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The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3)
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War of the Maps
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Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5)
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Marrow (Great Ship, #1)
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Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4)
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Bowl of Heaven (Bowl of Heaven, #1)
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The Ringworld Throne (Ringworld #3)
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Matter (Culture, #8)
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Eon (The Way, #1)
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The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps
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Rama Revealed (Rama, #4)
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
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Midnight at the Well of Souls (Saga of the Well World, #1)
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The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 1
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Hex (Coyote Universe, #8)
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 2
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 3
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Noumenon (Noumenon, #1)
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 4
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Sun of Suns (Virga, #1)
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 5
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Helix Wars (2)
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 6
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Walking to Aldebaran
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Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 7
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Orbitsville
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 8
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The World Is Round
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APOSIMZ, Vol. 9
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Shipstar (Bowl of Heaven, #2)
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BLAME! MASTER EDITION 1
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Helix
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BLAME! MASTER EDITION 2
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Glorious (Bowl of Heaven, #3)
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BLAME! MASTER EDITION 3
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BLAME! MASTER EDITION 4
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The Architects of Hyperspace
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BLAME! MASTER EDITION 5
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Orbitsville Judgement
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BLAME! MASTER EDITION 6
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Dyson Sphere (Star Trek: The Next Generation #50)
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Excession (Culture, #5)
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Orbitsville Departure
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Parables of Infinity
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4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Farthest Star
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Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1)
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The Crystal Spheres
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David Brin (Goodreads Author)
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Wall Around a Star
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The Remoras
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Macro-Engineering: A Challenge for the Future (Water Science and Technology Library, 54)
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V. Badescu (Editor)
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Camouflage
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Missile Gap
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Charles Stross (Goodreads Author)
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Universe in Danger (The Originator Wars, #1)
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The Greatship (Great Ship, #3)
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Robert Reed (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 477 ratings
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
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Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
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Darwinia
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Down the Bright Way
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Robert Reed (Goodreads Author)
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The Culture: The Drawings
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A Few Notes on the Culture
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Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
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The Algebraist
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Jan 08, 2019 06:30PM
The Virga series by Karl Schroeder, starting with Sun of Suns, takes place inside a Dyson sphere.
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John Varley's Titan is another wonderful addition to this list.
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