Ark
by Stephen Baxter · first published 2009
100% recommend
High in the Colorado mountains the US governement built an ark. Not an ark to ride the waves but an ark that will take a select few thousand people out into space to start a new future for mankind. In deep space the crew carry the hope of a new beginning but as ages pass purpose is lost and madness grows. Back on Earth life and man find a new way.
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If I must pick one without knowing why, I would likely pick Ark by Stephen Baxter. The story is hard sci-fi and is, very broadly, about a multigenerational spaceship which travels across the stars following a planet-scale catastrophe. The writing and the world building…
on “Ask HN: Which book would you pick to re-read for the rest of your life?” ↗Alcubierre warp drive are a major plot two of my favorite hard sci-fi books, Flood[1] and Ark[2] by Stephen Baxter[2]. Really excellent books. 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_(Baxter_novel) 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_(novel) 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Baxter_(author)
on “Physical Warp Drives (2021)” ↗Flood; Ark; and Evolution from Stephen Baxter will always stay with me.
on “The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how science fiction works” ↗