Megastructures: The Visual Encyclopedia "Megastructures: The Visual Encyclopedia" is part science book, part inspirational artbook. It contains everything from orbiting space habitats to solar system spanning stellar engineering projects. Each of the 40 structures in the encyclopedia includes a scientific explanation, followed by paintings and diagrams that bring the concept to life. The complete list of structures is below... Alderson Disk, Arcology, Artificial Sun, Bernal Sphere, Bishop Ring, Ceiling City, Cloud City, Discworld, Dyson Sphere, Ecumenopolis, Floating City, Fusion Candle, Gas Giant Refinery, Hoopworld, Interstellar Highway, Krasnikov Tube, Launch Loop, Matrioshka Brain, Megatall Skyscraper, Movable City, Nicoll-Dyson Laser, O'Neill Cylinder, Orbital Ring, Polyhedral Habitat, Ringworld, Rungworld, Shell World, Shkadov Thruster, Skyhook, Space Elevator, Space Farm, Stanford Torus, Star Lifter, Star Tram, Topopolis, Underground City, Undersea Habitat, Warp Gate, Worldhouse Roof After a massively successful kickstarter in mid 2021, the book
is now for
sale to the general public.
A French edition of the book is also available thanks to
publisher Les
Editions Mnemos. A big thanks to the team for the translation, you can
order a copy from here:
Megastructures French Edition
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