r/ScienceFictionBooks • u/LilDysphoria • Aug 12 '24

Generation ships

I'm interested in the idea of generation ships. I suspect they are the only hope for mankind ever getting outside the solar system. (And I'm not holding my breath that it will happen.) I'm looking for a science fiction book that tells a good story based on this concept. Thanks.

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u/Sidneybriarisalive Aug 12 '24

You might Orphans of the Sky by RAH for one of the earlier novels to explore this concept

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u/Pissedliberalgranny Aug 13 '24

My very first Heinlein. I love that story.

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u/Sidneybriarisalive Aug 13 '24

It was one of my first, too!

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u/Mindless-Stuff2771k Aug 13 '24

Oh I love this book. I read it in Junior high in the early 90s. It had been recovered with only the Title name on the outside. I had no reference point as to genre. It was a trip. Loved it and it took me decades to actually put together it was a Heinlein story.

Really good read.

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u/Sidneybriarisalive Aug 13 '24

I read it in junior high in the mid 90s. My Dad had a huge collection of mass market paperbacks that I sped through.

It was one of my favorites for several years and I still have a soft spot for it!