Even if it took centuries to
travel from star to star (…) this might be no obstacle to sufficiently
determined explorers. The technique of
hibernation, used on Discovery herself, was one possible answer. Another was the self-contained artificial
world, embarking on voyages that might last for many generations.
In any event, why should one
assume that all intelligent species were as short-lived as Man? There might be creatures in the universe to
whom a thousand-year voyage would present nothing worse than slight boredom…
(from 2001 – A
Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke)
8½*/10. The
full review is here.
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