Best Generation Ship Stories

[j d worthington]

Spot on, U.M.....

 

[icowdave]

Three Generation Ship novels that I liked in order of preference are:

Brute Orbits by George Zebrowski
Prisoners, political dissidents, the insane and other problem segments of society are rounded up, dumped into hollowed out asteroid ships and sent out into space.

Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
After a 400 year journey the gen ship But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky! reaches it's destination to find some surprises.

Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
The starship Argonos wanders for hundreds of years looking for a new home.

All 3 are good with Brute being the best IMHO.

 

[Rulkez]

Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
The starship Argonos wanders for hundreds of years looking for a new home.

I second this, although in the UK its Unto Leviathan

 

[Urlik]

another recomendation for Orphans of the Sky and Non Stop

 

[rol7805]

There's a really great short story called Birthday of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was a wonderful take on this idea of generation ships.

I have to second this recommendation. I love Le Guin, and she takes this romanticized notion and explores it in a whole new way. Really makes you think twice about how a generation ship might end up working!

 

[AE35Unit]

And Non-Stop, by Brian Aldiss.

Yes i'm dying to read this. My library doesn't have it and am waiting for to come on Bookmooch