Talk:Dyson spheres in popular culture

Absolution Gap
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
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)


 * 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)

The Naked God by Peter F Hamilton
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 (talk • contribs).

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)

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

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)

Star Trek episode Relics
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)


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

First sentence syntax
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)

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

Halo Novelizations
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)

Merge into Dyson sphere
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)
 * Oppose Covering topics like this is better done in a separate article. As I have said said before, e.g. in Articles for deletion/Space stations and habitats in fiction: If there is sufficient coverage in WP:Reliable sources to write a prose article about X in fiction/popular culture/whatever then such a separate article should exist (I don't think this is a terribly tall order – see e.g. eco-terrorism in fiction and space stations and habitats in fiction, which—full disclosure—were both rewritten as prose articles by me), and if there isn't sufficient coverage to do that then we shouldn't have a "in popular culture" section in the main article about X. In this case, the separate topic of Dyson spheres in popular culture does have sufficient coverage to write a prose article (if admittedly a brief one), and so it should be kept. TompaDompa (talk) 13:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support For such a small article on the popular culture of this, it seems unnecessary to have a separate articles. The examples of other articles that TompaDompa mentions are for much more broad and wide-ranging concepts - eco-terrorism and space stations - which appear. If in the future, Dyson spheres get a lot of mentions and references in popular culture, it may need a separate article but I don't think we're there yet. PoliceSheep99 (talk) 22:19, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Support because of short text and context. Klbrain (talk) 07:45, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Support There is no good reason this cannot be a segment on the main Dyson Sphere page. LeaveMeAlone2 (talk) 11:43, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Not many reasons on why this can't be a section of the page. The article seems very small and could easily fit into a section. Silver (talk) 19:16, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Railhead
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)

Regarding the mention of Star Trek Online
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 &middot; contribs) 02:09, 24 September 2022 (UTC)


 * 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)