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* ''Willy Ley'' wrote several books aimed at children describing and illustrating space stations, competely with tug vessels to help large space ships dock.
* The semi-fiction futurist writings of Gerard O'Neill from the seventies and eighties, especially ''[[The High Frontier]]''. All the technologies outlined in the books are based on theory and designs from real academics. O'Neill is often credited for inventing these types of designs; he did not. However, he did move a lot of them ''quite'' far along [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness]].
* The ''[[Star Trek: Stargazer]]'' novels introduce the ''Oblivion'', or rather the ''Obl'viaan'' in the original Ubarrak. It's an enormous construction in orbit of a lifeless planet, consisting of hundreds (if not thousands) of ships and stations welded together. In fact, it's not so much a space station as a space city. It is definitely of a [[Wretched Hive]] variety. It's also the place where Picard first meets Guinan, although she's a little upset he doesn't know who she is.
* Part of [[Sergey Lukyanenko]]'s novel ''Competitors'' takes place on a large, disc-shaped station called the Platform or Bun. Nobody knows for sure who built the station ({{spoiler|it was the Bugs}}), but ordinary people keep getting sent there and are given enough funds to purchase a small ship and start their career in space. Occasionally, the Platform undergoes attacks by a race known only as the Bugs. No matter their clan affiliation or criminal status, all gather to defend the station.
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** The other human stations are wheel-shaped. Centauri stations look like two pyramids attached at the base.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]''
** Also Spacedock in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]'', and the titular starbase in the ''[[Star Trek: Vanguard]]'' book series.
*** Plus Spacestation K-7, which had a problem with Tribbles...
* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|The Satellite of Love]]
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