Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson

Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson’s is well known for his hard SF novels like the Mars trilogy and 2312, and his latest adventure, Aurora, is very much in line with those narratives. The story begins at the tail end of a generation ship’s journey, as it’s approaching Tau Ceti. The passengers are beginning to feel the pinch: some resources are running low, ecological imbalances are beginning to crop up, and the ship itself is undergoing changes of its own. However, arriving to the distant system is only part of the journey, as a segment of the population decides that they’d rather return to Earth, a home that they’ve never seen.