Re: OT: SF: Le Guin, Elgin, Spinrad, etc.

Hey.

There are two more generation ship stories that I can think of that
weren't on the list (I'm sure there are more; it's just that I've read
these two):

Samuel Delany _The Ballad of Beta-2_

This is a novella which begins with a cryptic poem which the main
character "decodes" in the course of the story. It's told after the
fact; the ship, the Beta-2, is a museum piece.

Gene Wolfe _The Book of the Long Sun_

This is a four-volume novel about a young priest who gradually comes to
realize where it is he actually lives and who the real objects of
worship are. Filled with a typically Lupine assortment of strange
characters.

Dirk
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