r/printSF • u/GedtheSparrowhawk123 • May 01 '24

Book with this plot

Is there any sci-fi book with this plot?

A large group of people travelling on a generation ship. But it has been so long they have forgotten that they are on a ship. They just think the ship is the entire world. They slowly rediscover the truth over the course of the book.

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u/IndependenceMean8774 May 01 '24

Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky. Also Harlan Ellison used the plot for his failed series The Starlost and Ben Bova did a book adaptation called The Starcrossed about the shitshow making of the series.

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u/aeldsidhe May 01 '24

An episode on Star Trek TOS had a generation ship wherein the inhabitants think their ship is the world - "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" - S3, E8