Karl Schroeder's Virga series features a vast zero-G fullerene sphere filled with artificial stars and floating nation states. Great hard sci world building and fun swashbuckling adventures, with a deep offstage story which only gradually comes into focus. Karl writes about engineering Virga on his blog: http://www.kschroeder.com/my-books/sun-of-suns/engineering-v... (http://www.kschroeder.com/my-books/sun-of-suns/engineering-virga)
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