generation ships

"we left the ground behind. we left the oceans. we left the air. we watched these things grow small. we watched them shrink into a point of light... we are the children who continue on."

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created by leylines

last updated March, 2026

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Yesss I love this trope and haven't even heard of most of these!

Ursula K Le Guin also wrote a really good novella about a generational ship called "Paradises Lost." I read it in the collection The Birthday of the World and Other Stories, not sure if it's been published on its own since.

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i couldn’t believe how many there are once i started doing some research!! it’s also one of my faves and i feel it’s very underappreciated.

i’ll add the collection here!

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