Big Dumb Object
From HomoExcelsior
Term (variously attributed) for objects of megascale engineering considered as subjects or settings for science fiction; applied to ringworlds, Dyson spheres, Clarke's Rama, Iain M. Banks' "orbitals".
Term (variously attributed) for objects of megascale engineering considered as subjects or settings for science fiction; applied to ringworlds, Dyson spheres, Clarke's Rama, Iain M. Banks' "orbitals".