The Nelson Touch imagines a generation ship built from a hollowed-out asteroid and sent toward a distant star system. Its propulsion cannot approach the speed of light, so the vessel must function as a city during the journey. Later discovery of faster travel routes allows other settlers to reach the destination first. The original travelers will therefore arrive at an inhabited world very different from the destination they expected when they departed.
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A generation ship overtaken by faster interstellar travel
A generation ship in The Nelson Touch faces the social consequences of transport technology improving while its passengers remain in transit.