Ark
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Ark is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores humanity's desperate attempts to escape a flooded Earth via interstellar ark ships.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ark canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
hard science fiction novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
ark ships
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climate catastrophe ⓘ escape from a dying Earth ⓘ human survival ⓘ interstellar colonization ⓘ long-duration space travel ⓘ sociological impact of spaceflight ⓘ space exploration ⓘ transhumanism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
ethical dilemmas of survival missions
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exoplanet colonization ⓘ generation ships ⓘ psychological effects of isolation in space ⓘ relativistic space travel ⓘ |
| features | interstellar ark ships ⓘ |
| follows | Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasScienceBasis | contemporary astrophysics and space engineering ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelationship | direct sequel to Flood ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
end of the world scenarios
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global flooding ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ technological solutions to extinction ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | no direct sequel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century science fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | hard science focus on realistic spaceflight ⓘ |
| mediaType |
novel
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | humanity's attempts to escape a flooded Earth ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-POV narrative ⓘ |
| partOf | Flood/Ark sequence ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Flood/Ark duology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
flooded Earth
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future Earth ⓘ interstellar space ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | multiple generations ⓘ |
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