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 NERFINISHED
awarded 1971 Hugo Award nomination for Best Novel
basedOn To Outlive Eternity NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Paul Lehr NERFINISHED
featuresConcept Big Crunch NERFINISHED
Bussard ramjet starship
cyclic universe
near-light-speed travel
relativistic time dilation
firstPublishedIn Galaxy Science Fiction NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
influenced later relativistic space travel fiction
language English
literaryForm novel
mainTheme cosmology
entropy and the fate of the universe NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Ingrid Lindgren NERFINISHED
publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED
recognizedAs classic of hard science fiction
setting interstellar space
the universe
shipName Leonora Christine NERFINISHED

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Poul Anderson notableWork Tau Zero