The Bobiverse books by Dennis E Taylor starts with We Are Legion (We Are Bob). It’s about a man who reawakens after a century to discover his consciousness is being held captive as an AI in a theocracy with a mission he can’t refuse—find and claim a new habitable planet to save humanity before it’s too late.
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Three body problem trilogy, if you want to commit
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Not sure if it would count as too futuristic, but To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers follows a small group of scientists seeking extraterrestrial life. It’s ambiguous if they return to earth, and they are aware from the outset that they if they do, time dilation will mean they will not be returning to the earth (or any of the people) they knew.
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The Boat of a Million Years
Children of Time
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Well, there’s *Aurora* by Kim Stanley Robinson, about a one-way mission in a generational starship to establish a colony at Tau Ceti. >!At least, it was *supposed* to be one-way, but, y’know, stuff happens.!< As is typical with Robinson, the science is *very* hard; some of the critical problems they face along the way include issues with evolutionary drift in isolated populations and figuring out where the calcium is going in what’s supposed to be a closed-loop system.
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The Bobiverse books by Dennis E Taylor starts with We Are Legion (We Are Bob). It’s about a man who reawakens after a century to discover his consciousness is being held captive as an AI in a theocracy with a mission he can’t refuse—find and claim a new habitable planet to save humanity before it’s too late.
Three body problem trilogy, if you want to commit
Not sure if it would count as too futuristic, but To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers follows a small group of scientists seeking extraterrestrial life. It’s ambiguous if they return to earth, and they are aware from the outset that they if they do, time dilation will mean they will not be returning to the earth (or any of the people) they knew.
The Boat of a Million Years
Children of Time
Well, there’s *Aurora* by Kim Stanley Robinson, about a one-way mission in a generational starship to establish a colony at Tau Ceti. >!At least, it was *supposed* to be one-way, but, y’know, stuff happens.!< As is typical with Robinson, the science is *very* hard; some of the critical problems they face along the way include issues with evolutionary drift in isolated populations and figuring out where the calcium is going in what’s supposed to be a closed-loop system.
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