In 1960, American physicist Freeman Dyson suggested a method for harvesting the vast amounts of energy a star puts out: surround the star with an artificial shell. In honor of him, such a shell is known as a “Dyson Sphere.”
In 1964, Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev classified civilizations into three types. A Type I civilization can harness all the energy that reaches its home planet from its parent star. A Type II civilization can harness all the energy radiated in all directions by its parent star. A Type III civilization can harness all the energy of its entire home galaxy. Right now, we’re about three-quarters of the way to becoming a Type I civilization — and a civilization that surrounds a star with a Dyson sphere is a Type II.
In the summer of 2009, Chinese author Liu Cixin, who would go on to win a Hugo Award for his novel The Three-Body Problem, and his editor Tang Feng formed a group to discuss the astronomical parameters, physical form, and story resources of a Dyson Sphere. “The most story-rich places on a Dyson Sphere are its weightless axis and poles,” Liu Cixin said. “These extraordinary natural forms suggest exciting ideas. The endless curved landscape is also a novelty with great rivers and glaciers flowing toward the equator.”
Is Dyson Sphere INEVITABLE to come?
Write science fiction about Dyson Sphere!
Aug. 31 st
Deadline for Entries
11:59 p.m. UTC+8 (Singapore Time
AWARDS CRITERIA
The submitted works should be within the realm of science fiction, and must show a new worldview that conforms with scientific logic.1
The work involves both the technical setting of the Dyson Sphere (overall structure, the scale and the size, construction materials and methods, etc.) and the ecological environment of the internal civilization (gravity changes, alternation of day and night, species distribution, etc.).2
The writing should be smooth, the imagination and speculation should be creative and novel, and the plot should convey a sense of wonder.
Requirements
Content Requirements
It needs to conform to the concepts and characteristics of Dyson Sphere scientific theory, including the uses, size, and structure of a Dyson sphere and other related basic settings, and reflect and expand them in the story. On this basis, we welcome the canons and content of various streams of technology that can be considered as topics which could be related to the “Dyson Sphere.”
Word Requirements
30,000-100,000 words. Only finished stories will be accepted.
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