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>Relativity is a stone cold bitch. Really? That sounds straight up awesome to me. After a few years of shore leave, I'd be tempted to grab one of the most reli

>Relativity is a stone cold bitch. Really? That sounds straight up awesome to me. After a few years of shore leave, I'd be tempted to grab one of the most reliable FTL ships, pack myself full on longevity treatments and then turn around and go again. See what humanity is like in another few million years. If it all goes to shit at least I'll have an FTL ship with me to go wandering around with. All things considered, this might be a really good way of securing the existence of the human race, too. Send out one or two of these per millenia, as high speed stasis pods to refound humanity if it all goes horribly wrong in the mean time.

DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
Do you want Planet of The Apes? Because this is how you get Planet of The Apes!
enra 8y ago
If interested in the concept, V. Vinge's Across Realtime books, mainly Maroneed in Realtime explores this concept. Humanity invents stasis bubbles (time stands still inside or almost still), and you can bubble yourself, ships, towns etc for any amount of years. Essentially you can time travel but only forward.
- KineticLensman 8y ago
  Spoilers... Marooned in Realtime has multiple groups of people travelling into the future, all having set out before a mysterious event that wiped out the rest oh humanity. They experience the evolution of the Earth, but the only human civilisation they experience is that of their fellow travelers. 'The Forever War' (referenced elsewhere here) in contrast has individuals who dip into evolving human civilisation, finding massive societal changes each time they return, so much so that 'home' becomes the time jumping army they belong to.
cpeterso 8y ago
Alastair Reynolds' House of Suns tells a similar story. A family of 1,000 clones split up to tour the galaxy and reunite every 200,000 years. Since they live lone, solitary lives off the grid, they witness from afar many civilizations rising and dying. I found it much more interesting than Reynolds' bone-dry Revelation Space series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Suns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Suns
- claytoneast 8y ago
  Seconded, I just finished a re-read of House of Suns. I also very much enjoyed Revelation Space.
anonymfus 8y ago
Obligatory Kaganov link: http://lleo.me/e/lucky_e.htm http://lleo.me/e/lucky_e.htm

DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago

Do you want Planet of The Apes? Because this is how you get Planet of The Apes!

enra 8y ago

If interested in the concept, V. Vinge's Across Realtime books, mainly Maroneed in Realtime explores this concept. Humanity invents stasis bubbles (time stands still inside or almost still), and you can bubble yourself, ships, towns etc for any amount of years. Essentially you can time travel but only forward.

KineticLensman 8y ago
Spoilers... Marooned in Realtime has multiple groups of people travelling into the future, all having set out before a mysterious event that wiped out the rest oh humanity. They experience the evolution of the Earth, but the only human civilisation they experience is that of their fellow travelers. 'The Forever War' (referenced elsewhere here) in contrast has individuals who dip into evolving human civilisation, finding massive societal changes each time they return, so much so that 'home' becomes the time jumping army they belong to.

cpeterso 8y ago

Alastair Reynolds' House of Suns tells a similar story. A family of 1,000 clones split up to tour the galaxy and reunite every 200,000 years. Since they live lone, solitary lives off the grid, they witness from afar many civilizations rising and dying. I found it much more interesting than Reynolds' bone-dry Revelation Space series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Suns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Suns

claytoneast 8y ago
Seconded, I just finished a re-read of House of Suns. I also very much enjoyed Revelation Space.

anonymfus 8y ago

Obligatory Kaganov link: http://lleo.me/e/lucky_e.htm http://lleo.me/e/lucky_e.htm