So why

[james_davis_nicoll]

Am I now seeing novels about generation ships actually reaching their destinations? Do the authors not understand how generation ship stories are supposed to work?

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I remember noticing that there didn't seem to have been enough time between the launching of the Jinx probe and the launching of the Jinx slowboat for the probe to have reached Sirius and reported back.

Earth got very lucky with Wunderland; maybe they thought it was a typical case.