Re: Generation Ships: Non-Stop, Orphans of the Sky and what else
- From: "Mike Stone" <mwstone@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:54:07 +0100
"Derek Lyons" <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Mike Stone" <mwstone@xxxxxxx> wrote:the
The Wilcox story was far nearer [what became]
where they arrived atstandard model of an sf generation ship. Its
complement was in hundreds rather than tens of
thousands, and was intended to go to a planet
which they would then get out and settle.
Has anyone ever written a generation ship story
their notional destination and _refused_ toleave the [extremely
familiar] ship for the [wild and untamed]planet?
Yes
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Chad Oliver's short syory "The Wind Blows Free".
The dissident gets chucked out the airlock and
finds himself on a green hillside.
In Clifford Simak's "Target Generation" the
founding fathers of the mission had anticipated
this. A few minutes after landing, the
loudspeakers announced that a deadly gas was to be
released into the ship.
--
Mike Stone - Peterborough, England
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have
given up believing in the
Devil, when he is its only explanation.
Ronald Knox.
--
Mike Stone - Peterborough, England
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have
given up believing in the
Devil, when he is its only explanation.
Ronald Knox.
.
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