Talk:Dyson spheres in popular culture

Latest comment: 1 year ago by SilverTheTerribleMathematician in topic Merge into Dyson sphere

Absolution Gap

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Where was the mention of a Dyson sphere in Absolution Gap? I've read the book, but don't recall there being one.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Wasn't there mention of a Dyson Sphere type world in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series? I remember Slartibarfast being on a world that made other worlds and had a sun at it's center with the construction all around...anyone else remember this?Mbeyers 16:30, 13 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Yah, but that was a hollow planet (the size of a normal planet, but hollowed out). A Dyson sphere is effectively the size of a small solar system. It is a huge shell surrounding a star, millions of times bigger than a planet. samwaltz 16:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

The Naked God by Peter F Hamilton

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This book also has an encounter with a dyson type environments around a red giant. I always imagined it like the dyson bubble.

Would this be eligible for addition to this list? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by General2 (talkcontribs) 04:49, August 20, 2007 (UTC).

Yes i think a couple of of his books have ,and yes they would be fine 59.100.161.92 (talk) 08:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

The day the earth stood still

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They weren'y dyson spheres... were they? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.102.149.167 (talk) 13:36, 4 October 2011 (UTC)Reply


Not unless a squid is a star

Spheres, but definitely not Dyson Spheres. I will remove it. --DVD-junkie | talk | 10:31, 24 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Star Trek episode Relics

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In the description of this episode, is a mathematical calculation being done to calculate the size of an "M-class world"? Isn't this calculation original research? Even if not, is this the appropriate place for this statement?Mellie107 (talk) 04:53, 16 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Yes it is. LeaveMeAlone2 (talk) 11:44, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

First sentence syntax

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This seems incorrect;"This is a listing uses of the Dyson sphere concept in popular fiction." Should this be "This is a listing of uses of the Dyson sphere concept in popular fiction." Or perhaps; "This is a listing of the Dyson Sphere concept used in popular fiction." BTW, shouldn't the s in sphere be capitalized as this is part of the name of this specific concept?

Quisizyx (talk) 19:26, 19 August 2014 (UTC)Reply


No, "sphere" should not be capitalized. Gil gosseyn (talk) 11:56, 7 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Halo Novelizations

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Should the Halo novelizations be removed? They only exist as echos of the Halo games, so are somewhat redundant. Thoughts, anyone? Gil gosseyn (talk) 11:45, 7 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Merge into Dyson sphere

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There's no need for this to exist as a standalone article. It contains only two paragaphs, and all the information in the first already exists within Dyson sphere. The second can be moved more or less as it is into the Fiction section. MichaelMaggs (talk) 13:28, 22 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Railhead

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In Philip Reeve's Railhead trilogy, K-gates (wormholes) are kept open by a collection of Dyson spheres in the Black Light Zone, constructed by the long dead AI "the Railmaker". This is a much more recent use of the trope than many of the examples listed, so is good evidence it is still relevant in SF 82.22.143.15 (talk) 18:29, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Regarding the mention of Star Trek Online

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Per MOS:POPCULT, cultural references about a subject should not be included simply because they exist. I don't believe this content is notable enough to warrant mention in this article. Additionally, the content in question that is trying to be added by LeaveMeAlone2 has no inline citations. The Fandom.com wikis that are attempted to be pegged as the sources for this information are not reliable sources, under WP:UGC (Fandom is literally given as an example of an unacceptable source here). Even if they are official wikis by the developer of the game, they are still editable by anyone and thus inappropriate. Uhai (talk · contribs) 02:09, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dyson spheres in a game based on probably the most popular Science fiction series of all time, is not notable.. Right.. Second about the citations, i can make a citation, but that will not prevent you from deleting it, third, It is the official wiki by the developers of the Game, its not a random wiki, by some people... You can try to change something on their, and if its not correct, it will be reverted by the developers, because again, it is an OFFICIAL WIKI, by the developers of Star Trek Online.. LeaveMeAlone2 (talk) 03:29, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply