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* One is briefly visited in ''[[Bill the Galactic Hero|Bill the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars]]''. |
* One is briefly visited in ''[[Bill the Galactic Hero|Bill the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars]]''. |
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* In ''[[Liaden Universe|The Tomorrow Log]]'' by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, {{spoiler|a [[Generation Ship]] has actually forgotten that it was supposed to colonize a planet and has become a flying [[Cult Colony]]}}. |
* In ''[[Liaden Universe|The Tomorrow Log]]'' by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, {{spoiler|a [[Generation Ship]] has actually forgotten that it was supposed to colonize a planet and has become a flying [[Cult Colony]]}}. |
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* The short story "[http://www.wagar.org.uk/?page_id=553 Schism]," set in the ''[[Elite]]'' universe, examines what happens when a homegrown [[Cult Colony]] inside a Generation Ship that has been out of contact with human civilization for centuries encounters another derelict vessel in the void of space. |
* The short story "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140803014837/http://www.wagar.org.uk/?page_id=553 Schism]," set in the ''[[Elite]]'' universe, examines what happens when a homegrown [[Cult Colony]] inside a Generation Ship that has been out of contact with human civilization for centuries encounters another derelict vessel in the void of space. |
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* [[Robert Reed]] is a fan of this trope. His short story, ''The Children's Crusade'', is about a simulation of a crashed alien starship on Mars - in which the organic passengers are essentially cargo, while the robotic crew controls the ship. ''Chrysalis'' has the last lifeboat of humanity traveling through the galaxy to collect species before [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves|they destroy themselves]], with immortal robots controlling the ship. ''The Winemaster'' has a Buick being used essentially as a generation ''car'' - the transhuman / post human residents are so small and live so quickly that an hour real time is like a year to them; several generations go by in the trip from a northern state into Canada. |
* [[Robert Reed]] is a fan of this trope. His short story, ''The Children's Crusade'', is about a simulation of a crashed alien starship on Mars - in which the organic passengers are essentially cargo, while the robotic crew controls the ship. ''Chrysalis'' has the last lifeboat of humanity traveling through the galaxy to collect species before [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves|they destroy themselves]], with immortal robots controlling the ship. ''The Winemaster'' has a Buick being used essentially as a generation ''car'' - the transhuman / post human residents are so small and live so quickly that an hour real time is like a year to them; several generations go by in the trip from a northern state into Canada. |
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* The end of [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s "Rescue Party," the first story he sold, reveals that Earth's population evacuated the dying planet in a vast fleet of huge, slow ships. This makes clear to the alien heroes who came trying to rescue them that [[Humans Are Special|Earthpeople are very '''determined''' and capable of great patience]]. They don't '''fully''' realize yet that {{spoiler|they shouldn't make humans '''impatient'''}}. |
* The end of [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s "Rescue Party," the first story he sold, reveals that Earth's population evacuated the dying planet in a vast fleet of huge, slow ships. This makes clear to the alien heroes who came trying to rescue them that [[Humans Are Special|Earthpeople are very '''determined''' and capable of great patience]]. They don't '''fully''' realize yet that {{spoiler|they shouldn't make humans '''impatient'''}}. |
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