>The Dyson sphere was immense, there was no doubt about it. Most of
>its inner surface appeared to consist of vast latticeworks and
>industrial structures of unknown purpose. There were other wide gates
>embedded in the surface, regularly placed, vast and inscrutable, and
>currently closed. Every so often they would see one of the Zentraedi
>ships of the Kridanik Fleet, either hovering above or landed on the
>inner surface. The colossal warships were like green rice grains
>compared to the rest of the sphere. At some points, barely
>postage-stamp-sized in relative scale, they could see other changes in
>surface texture and color. They couldn't tell if they were due to
>different structures, different types of metals, or even if somehow
>rock, soil, and plant life had been seeded within the sphere.

I will admit stupidity - I thought New Avalon was a floating city somewhere in the Sphere. I didn't realize it was built on the inner edge of the sphere. Ok, now I get how wickedly cool the concept is...and why no one is worried about it being attacked from the outside. As long as the sun exists, the sphere exists right?

And how did Corwin manage a reflex fold from within the sphere? Damn, he must have been closer to the middle of the sphere then the edge as I initially thought.

t.
is more awed then ever by UF.

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