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 lo

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