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Non-Stop

Brian W. Aldiss · 1958 · Novel

Setting: far future (generation ship)

Synopsis

Roy Complain lives in a culturally-primitive tribe in which curiosity is discouraged and life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short. With a small group, he leaves his home and ventures into uncharted territory. The consequent discoveries will change his perception of the entire universe. Complain's small tribe roam nomadically through corridors overrun by vegetation.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: FictionDiscoveries in geographySpace shipsFiction in EnglishScience fictionFiction, science fiction, general

isfdb_id: 123

openlibrary_id: OL892520W

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