Tau Zero

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Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that follows a near-light-speed starship crew facing relativistic time dilation and the ultimate fate of the universe.

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instanceOf science fiction novel ⓘ
author Poul Anderson ⓘ
awarded 1971 Hugo Award nomination for Best Novel ⓘ
basedOn To Outlive Eternity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtist Paul Lehr ⓘ
featuresConcept Big Crunch ⓘ
linked to: Big Crunch scenario

Bussard ramjet starship ⓘ
cyclic universe ⓘ
near-light-speed travel ⓘ
relativistic time dilation ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Galaxy Science Fiction ⓘ
genre hard science fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-441-56956-6 ⓘ
hasMottoOrTagline The ultimate voyage beyond time and space ⓘ
hasPageCount 190 ⓘ
hasWorkingTitle To Outlive Eternity ⓘ
influenced later relativistic space travel fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm novel ⓘ
mainTheme cosmology ⓘ
entropy and the fate of the universe ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
human survival ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ
relativistic space travel ⓘ
time dilation ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeFocus character psychology under extreme conditions ⓘ
scientific accuracy ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1970 ⓘ
protagonist Charles Reymont ⓘ
Ingrid Lindgren ⓘ
publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of hard science fiction ⓘ
setting interstellar space ⓘ
the universe ⓘ
shipName Leonora Christine ⓘ

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