Non-Stop remains a brilliant and ground-breaking work of imagination. Curiosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. It's members lived out their lives in cramped quarters, hacking away at the encroaching jungle called “the ponics.” As to where they were―that had long ago been forgotten. But Roy Complain decides to find out, along with the renegade priest, Marapper. They move into unmapped territory, where they make a series of discoveries which turn their universe upside-down. They meet mutants and giants, regimented rats, telepathic rabbits, and the fabled Outsiders. And they confront a secret kept hidden for twenty-three generations―a secret whose discovery will reveal their origins and destiny even as it destroys their world.
Lousy cover pic. Too washed out to read. Had to look below to see what in the Sam Hill was the title of the book. Still can't figure out the author. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed some of his work, think he was in Analog few times where I first read his stories.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a plot idea 'borrowed' from Heinlein. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphans_of_the_Sky
ReplyDeleteCorrect, I haven't read this from Aldiss, but that from Heinlein. But the description of ponics was enough for me for to get it. 23 Generations?
DeleteSlow Boat to the stars. (Multigenerational).
Knolli
Re-titled in the US as 'Starship'.
ReplyDeleteThat title ruins the surprise a la Heinlein's "Orphans of the Sky".
DeleteGood Lord!!! Aldiss is one of the giants of scifi, a better writer than Heinlein or even Asimov. And “Non-stop” is one of the great scifi novels.
ReplyDeleteGet out of mom’s basement and read Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Cordwainer Smith, J G Ballard…
I just re-read "Non-Stop" last year. Aldiss is one of my favorites. I've read his Helliconia trilogy several times over the last few decades.
DeleteI'm going to read this based on the synopsis, but Asimov's "Foundation" series, Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love" and Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's "Lucifer's Hammer" are my go back and read again books. I'd also recommend James White's "Second Ending". A short but profound read.
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