![]() ![]() And then we have a new world to live on."ĭoes it work? Is there anything new to the way that Robinson works this old storyline? For yours truly - who as a reader has one foot in the world of the genres and another in the main flow of contemporary fiction - it works quite splendidly. ![]() "What's it been," he says, "about fifteen thousand people, and a couple hundred years? In the big scheme of things it's not that many. She often poses serious questions that tend to sound a tad cynical, and her physician husband, Badim, responds with more questions. "We've been rats in a cage, two thousand at a time for seven generations, and for what? For what?" asks Devi, an engineer and the putative head of the mission from Earth to the star Tau Ceti. ![]() In this case, it's a 26th century starship sent from Earth to find a home in some distant galaxy, as generations live and die onboard during the long journey. Veteran California science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson grounds his new novel squarely in a recognizable convention: the generation ship. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Aurora Author Kim Stanley Robinson ![]()
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