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Generation Ships Books
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Orphans of the Sky (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,693 ratings — published 1963
Non-Stop (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.88 — 7,487 ratings — published 1958
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,355 ratings — published 2015
Dust (Jacob's Ladder, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,525 ratings — published 2007
Hull Zero Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.40 — 6,581 ratings — published 2010
Captive Universe (paper)
by (shelved 5 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.72 — 586 ratings — published 1969
Ship of Fools (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,211 ratings — published 2001
An Unkindness of Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.96 — 21,352 ratings — published 2017
The Forever Watch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.59 — 1,047 ratings — published 2014
The Dark Beyond the Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,037 ratings — published 1991
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.30 — 164,831 ratings — published 2015
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.12 — 57,780 ratings — published 2018
A Million Suns (Across the Universe, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.01 — 55,027 ratings — published 2012
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.77 — 119,225 ratings — published 2011
The Ballad of Beta 2 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.75 — 910 ratings — published 1965
Nightside the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,449 ratings — published 1993
Eon (The Way, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.88 — 30,041 ratings — published 1985
Starglass (Starglass, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,406 ratings — published 2013
Epiphany of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #3-4)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,086 ratings — published 1996
Litany of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #1-2)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,699 ratings — published 1994
Chasm City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.13 — 27,201 ratings — published 2001
Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,207 ratings — published 2000
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.12 — 181,055 ratings — published 1973
The Dazzle of Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.58 — 583 ratings — published 1997
Metamorphosis Alpha (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.94 — 35 ratings — published 1976
Shipstar (Bowl of Heaven, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,491 ratings — published 2014
Voyage from Yesteryear (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,103 ratings — published
Flood (Flood, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.63 — 5,665 ratings — published 2008
Tau Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,596 ratings — published 1970
Cities in Flight (Cities in Flight, #1-4)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,634 ratings — published 1970
Earthseed (Seed #1)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.59 — 729 ratings — published 1983
The Glorious Angels (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.60 — 193 ratings — published 2015
Stardawn (Starglass, #0.5)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.58 — 79 ratings — published 2014
Starbreak (Starglass, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.54 — 616 ratings — published 2014
Titan (Gaea, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.94 — 9,348 ratings — published 1979
Rite of Passage (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,743 ratings — published 1968
Seed of Light (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.33 — 120 ratings — published 1959
Earth Ship & Starsong (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.48 — 27 ratings — published 1979
Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,300 ratings — published 1976
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,461 ratings — published 1978
New Earth (The Grand Tour, #21)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.39 — 2,083 ratings — published 2013
Bowl of Heaven (Bowl of Heaven, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.40 — 2,715 ratings — published 2012
Yours for the Taking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.64 — 4,409 ratings — published 2023
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 4.25 — 258,962 ratings — published 2021
The Third Eagle (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.37 — 179 ratings — published 1989
Mayflies (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.77 — 146 ratings — published 1979
The Scourge Between Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.56 — 5,014 ratings — published 2023
Ark (Flood, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,017 ratings — published 2009
Braking Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,800 ratings — published 2022
No Exit (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as generation-ships)
avg rating 3.99 — 208,673 ratings — published 2017
“There are ecological, biological, sociological, and psychological problems that can never be solved to make this idea work. The physical problems of propulsion have capture your fancy, and perhaps they can be solved, but they are the easy ones.”
― Aurora
― Aurora
“The journey of a thousands suns begins today.
Some may question whether the journey is worth the sacrifice and danger.
To them I say that no sacrifice is too dear and no danger too great to ensure the very survival of our human species.
What will we find when we arrive at our new homes? That's an open question. For a century, deep-space probes have reported alien lifeforms, but thus far none of which we recognize as intelligent beings. Are we the only biological intelligence in the universe? Perhaps our definition of intelligence is too narrow, too specio-centric.
For, are not trees intelligent, who know to shed their leaves at the end of summer? Are not turtles intelligent, who know when to bury themselves in mud under ice? Is not all life intelligent, that knows how to pass its vital essence to new generations?
Because half of intelligence resides in the body, be it plant or animal.
I now commend these brave colonists to the galaxy, to join their minds and bodies to the community of living beings they will encounter there, and to establish our rightful place among the stars.”
― Mind Over Ship
Some may question whether the journey is worth the sacrifice and danger.
To them I say that no sacrifice is too dear and no danger too great to ensure the very survival of our human species.
What will we find when we arrive at our new homes? That's an open question. For a century, deep-space probes have reported alien lifeforms, but thus far none of which we recognize as intelligent beings. Are we the only biological intelligence in the universe? Perhaps our definition of intelligence is too narrow, too specio-centric.
For, are not trees intelligent, who know to shed their leaves at the end of summer? Are not turtles intelligent, who know when to bury themselves in mud under ice? Is not all life intelligent, that knows how to pass its vital essence to new generations?
Because half of intelligence resides in the body, be it plant or animal.
I now commend these brave colonists to the galaxy, to join their minds and bodies to the community of living beings they will encounter there, and to establish our rightful place among the stars.”
― Mind Over Ship
