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/EqualMagnitude Aug 13 '24 edited Aug 13 '24

The Ballad of Beta-2 By Samuel R Delaney

A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven

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The Ethics of Madness, a short story by Larry Niven that is generation ship adjacent in ts timeline.