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the earth is running out of food, so several hundred thousand people get on a big ark ship to the nearest star. I cannot think of a story with that plot. But
by bdunbar 15y ago
the earth is running out of food, so several hundred thousand people get on a big ark ship to the nearest star.
I cannot think of a story with that plot. But I am not the world's biggest fan: what story is that?
Why couldn't they have done that on earth?
Because 'people stay home and grow food' is not a very exciting story.
- cpeterso 15y agoOne example is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but there are many more examples of "generation ships" on tvtropes.org: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenerationShips http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenerationShips
- bdunbar 15y agoMy favorite generation ship story is Heinlein's 'Orphans of the Sky'. I was asking the poster about the specific plot point he mentioned: running out of food.