Non-Stop
Curiosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped Quarters, hacking away at the encroaching ponics. As to where they were - that was forgotten. Roy Complain decides to find out. With the renegade priest Marapper, he moves into unmapped territory, where...
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Curiosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped Quarters, hacking away at the encroaching ponics. As to where they were - that was forgotten. Roy Complain decides to find out. With the renegade priest Marapper, he moves into unmapped territory, where they make a series of discoveries which turn their universe upside-down...Non-Stop is the classic SF novel of discovery and exploration; a brilliant evocation of a familiar setting seen through the eyes of a primitive.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781857989984 (1857989988)
Publish date: September 14th 2004
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
20th Century,
Space Opera,
Pulp,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic
Series: SF Masterworks
The giant ship is sent to colonize a planet Procyon V. During the ship’s approach to the planet, something has happened. A new form disease, A Nine Days Ague derived from the planet killed a lot of people in the ship. The crew and inhabitants decided to turn back to the Earth. It took more than twen...
Brilliant piece of sci-fi writing
More fun than I thought it would be. A generational spaceship saga in which the descendants of the original crew have reverted to savagery. Some surprising twists and interesting speculations on religion and psychology.
One of those multi-generation starship stories, quite good. But there have been so many rip-offs...
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