The novel “Orbitsville Departure” by Bob Shaw was published for the first time in 1983. It’s the second novel of the Orbitsville series and is the sequel to “Orbitsville”.

Two centuries after the discovery of Orbitsville, most of humanity has spread in its vast spaces. Garry Dallen is working on an Earth now sparsely populated but where crime still exists. When the minds of his wife and his son are destroyed by a weapon whose effects are worse than death, his quest of the perpetrator brings him to Orbitsville.

Gerald Mathieu wants to destroy the evidence of his crimes but ends up destroying Garry Dallen’s family. No one seems to suspect him but somehow the two of them continue to cross path. Going on Orbitsville doesn’t seem the solution either, also because suddenly the immense sphere seems to start showing signs of activity.

The novel “Empty Space” by M. John Harrison was published for the first time in 2012. It’s the third novel in the series of Kefahuchi Tract.

Anna Waterman managed to find a bit of stability in her life after her ex-husband, the physicist Michael Kearney, disappeared, presumed dead. But things always seem somewhat get complicated so she has a difficult relationship with his daughter and at a certain point she adds strange events such as seeing her house on fire and the feeling of Michael’s presence.

In the 25th century, the crew of the Nova Swing is looking for alien artifacts. In the course of that illegal activity they find a very special one. Meanwhile, the assistant has to investigate on the appearance of a number of corpses floating in the air.