Generation Ships Out of Control

I have a theme I'm following in the books I am reading at the moment:  Generation Ships Populated by People Unaware!

 
 

Date Read

Media Title Date Written Author Comment
Jan 2009 tv show Star Trek - For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky 1968 Rik Vollaerts eMule
pretty weak
Jul 2006 book Phoenix Without Ashes 1975 Edward Bryant
and Harlan Ellison
eBay
Jun 2006 book The Exiles Trilogy 1971, 1972, 1975 Ben Bova  
Jul 2006 book Phoenix Without Ashes 1975 Edward Bryant
and Harlan Ellison
eBay
Jun 2006 book The Exiles Trilogy 1971, 1972, 1975 Ben Bova  
Feb 2006 book Captive Universe 1969 Harry Harrison already owned
Feb 2006 tv show Space 1999 - Mission of the Darians 1975 Johnny Byrne bittorrent
Feb 2006 book Orphans of the Sky 1941 Robert Heinlein eMule
Feb 2006 book Non-Stop 1958 Brian Aldiss already owned

Not Quite Right

Date Read

Media Title Date Written Author Comment
Jun 2008 book Colony 2000 Rob Grant They're not unaware of their situation.
Sep 2006 book The Starcrossed 1975 Ben Bova Inspired by the production of the TV series The Starlost
interesting that this came out the same year as the last book in the Exiles Trilogy
(the only one that has a similar theme to Phoenix Without Ashes et. al.)
Jul 2006 movie Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas Not really a generation ship
Mar 2006 book The Watch Below 1966 James White Bought on eBay.
They're not unaware of their situation.
Mentions Orphans of the Sky, even has characters named after characters from Orphans.

 

 

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