I recently checked out a copy of Simone Caroti’s scholarly The Generation Starship In Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934-2001 (2011) (amazon link) from my library — its appendix contains a wonderful list of generation starship novels and short stories (and the very first non-fiction attestations of this fascinating sci-fi concept).

I highly recommend the book for all aficionados of this particular sci-fi subgenre. Be warned, as a certain reviewer points out on amazon, it is a work of serious scholarship not a lighthearted romp projecting future developments. It is not a complete list so I’ve gone ahead and added a few (for example, White’s The Watch Below) and starred them (*). I’ve also included his chronological divisions. I’ve supplied links for the few I’ve reviewed.

If you know of any that I haven’t included or were skipped in Caroti’s study let me know.

I have so many more to read! And plan to make a concerted effort to procure them….

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Genesis (1918-1929)

Konstantine Tsiolkovsky. “Buduschchee Zemli i Chelovechestvo” (“Earth’s Future and Manking”). Kaluga, (Russia: Izd. Avtora, 1928). (non-fiction)

J. D. Bernal. The World, the Flesh and the Devil (London: Kegan Paul, 1929). (non-fiction/philosophy)

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The Gernsback Age (1930-1940)

*Aladra Septama (aka Judson W. Reeves). “Tani of Ekkis.” Amazing Stories Quarterly, (Winter 1930)

Laurence Manning. “The Living Galaxy.” Wonder Stories, (September 1934)

*Murray Leinster. “Proxima Centauri.” Astounding Stories (March 1935)

Don Wilcox. “The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years.” Amazing Stories, (October 1940)

Otto Binder. “Son of the Stars” Famous Fantastic Mysteries, (February, 1940)

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Astounding Science Fiction and the Golden Age of SF (1941-1957)

Robert A. Heinlein. “Universe.” Astounding Science Fiction, (May 1941.) (rereleased in 1963 novel form with “Common Sense” as Orphans of the Sky)

——-”Common Sense.” Astounding Science Fiction, (October 1941)

Arthur C. Clarke. “Rescue Party.” Astounding Science Fiction, (October 1946)

Robert A. Heinlein. “Columbus Was a Dope.” Startling Stories, (May 1947)

*Chad Oliver. “Stardust.” Astounding Science Fiction, (1952)

*George Hay. The Flight of the ‘Hesper.’ (London, Hamilton & Co., 1952)

Leslie R. Shepherd. “Interstellar Flight.” Science-Fiction Plus, (April 1953)

Clifford D. Simak. “Spacebred Generations.” Science-Fiction Plus, (August 1953)

Milton Lesser. The Star Seekers. (Philadelphia, Pa: John C. Winston Co., 1953)

*Arthur C. Clarke. “Jupiter Five.” If (May, 1953)

*John Russell Fearn. 1,000-Year Voyage. (Scion Ltd., 1954)

Arthur Sellings. “A Start in Life.” Galaxy Science Fiction, (September 1954)

Frank M. Robinson. “The Oceans Are Wide.” Science Stories, (April 1954)

*James Blish. Cities in Flight series (excluding They Shall Have Stars, 1956). Earthman Come Home, (Putnam, 1955), The Triumph of Time, (Putnam, 1958), A Life for the Stars, (Putnam, 1962).

E. C. Tubb. The Space-Born. In The Man Who Japed/The Space-Born. (New York: Ace, 1956)

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From the New Wave to the Edge of Cyberpunk (1957-1979)

John Brunner. “Lungfish.” Science Fantasy, (December 1957) (review 1, review 2)

Chad Oliver. “The Wind Blows Free.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, (July 1957)

Brian W. Aldiss. Non-Stop. (London: Faber and Faber, 1958)

Judith Merril. “Wish upon a Star.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, (December 1958)

Edmund Cooper. Seed of Light. (New York: Ballantine, 1959)

J. T. McIntosh. 200 Years to Christmas. Science Fantasy 12, no. 35 (June 1959)

Domingo Santos. La cárcel de acero. (Edhassa, 1961)

David Rome. “Bliss.” Science Adventures, (January 1962)

J. G. Ballard. “Thirteen to Centaurus.” Amazing Stories, (April 1962)

A. E. Van Vogt. Rogue Ship. (New York: Doubleday, 1965). First published ‘Centaurus II.’Astounding Science-Fiction (1947), ‘Rogue Ship.’ Super Science Stories (1950), ‘The Expendables.’ Worlds of Science Fiction (1963)

Samuel R. Delany. The Ballad of Beta-2. In Alpha Yes, Terra No!/The Ballard of Beta-2, (New York: Ace, 1965)

*James White. The Watch Below, (Whiting & Wheaton, 1966)

Poul Anderson. Tau Zero. (New York: Doubleday, 1970). Fix-up “To Outlive Eternity.” (Galaxy Magazine, June/August 1967)

James White. All Judgement Fled. in If, (December 1967-February 1968)

Alexei Panshin. Rite of Passage. (New York: Ace, 1968)

Fritz Leiber. “Ship of Shadows.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, (July 1969).

Harry Harrison. Captive Universe. (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969)

*Philip K. Dick. A Maze of Death. (Doubleday, 1970)

Roger Dixon. Noah II. (New York: Ace, 1970)

Ben Bova. Exiled from Earth. in Galaxy Magazine, (January/Febuary 1971)

——- Flight of Exiles. (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972)

——- End of Exile. (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1975)

R. W. Mackelworth. Starflight 3000. (New York: Ballantine, 1972)

Arthur C. Clarke. Rendezvous with Rama. (London: Gollancz, 1973)

Harlan Ellison and Edward Bryant. Phoenix Without Ashes. (New York: Fawcett Gold medal, 1975)

*Fred Saberhagen. “Birthdays.” Galaxy (March, 1976)

James M. Ward. Metamorphosis Alpha. (Lake Geneva: TSR, 1976) (game)

*Frank Dartal. Le livre d’Éon. (Fleuve Noir, 1978)

Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Mayflies. (New York: Berkley, 1979)

George Zebrowski. Macrolife. (New York: Harper & Row, 1979)

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The Information Revolution and Beyond (1980-2010)

*Élisabeth Vonarburg. “Eon” in L’œil de la nuit. (Le Préambule, 1980)

Damien Broderick. The Dreaming Dragons. (Melbourne: Nostrilia Press, 1980)

Thomas Hubschman. Space Ark. (New York: Tower Books, 1981)

*James P. Hogan, Voyage from Yesteryear (Del Rey, 1982)

*Pamela Sargent. Earthseed. (Harper & Row, 1983).

*Chuck Rothman. Staroamer’s Fate. (Questar / Popular Library, 1986)

Robert J. Sawyer. Golden Fleece. (New York: Warner Books, 1990)

*Michael Capobianco. Burster. (Bantam Spectra, 1990)

Frank M. Robinson. The Dark Beyond the Stars. (New York: Tor, 1991)

*John Gribbin, Innervisions. (Roc UK, 1993)

Gene Wolfe. Nightside the Long Sun. (New York: Tor, 1993)

——- Lake of the Long Sun. (New York: Tor, 1994)

——- Caldé of the Long Sun. (New York: Tor, 1994)

——- Exodus from the Long Sun. (New York: Tor, 1996)

*Stephen Baxter. Ring. (HarperCollins, 1994)

*Michael Bishop. “Cri de Coeur.” Asimov’s Science Fiction, (September 1994)

Simon Hawke. The Whims of Creation. (Aspect / Warner Books, 1995)

*Molly Gloss. The Dazzle of Day. (Tor, 1997)

Bruce Sterling. “Taklamakan.” Asimov’s Science Fiction, (October/November 1998)

*Alison Sinclair. Cavalvade. (Millenium/Orion, 1998)

Rob Grant, Colony. (London: Viking UK, 2000)

*Adam Roberts, Salt. (Gollancz, 2000)

*Susan R. Matthews, Colony Fleet. (Eos, 2000).

Richard Paul Russo. Ship of Fouls. (New York: Ace, 2001)

Alastair Reynolds. Chasm City. (London: Gollancz/Orion, 2001)

John Clute. Appleseed. (London: Orbit, 2001)

Ursula K. Le Guin. “Paradises Lost.” in The Birthday of the Wold and Other Stories (New York: Harper Collins, 2002)

Y. Kondo, F. C. Bruhweiler, K. Moore, C. Sheffield (Eds.) Interstellar Travel and Multi-Generation Space Ships. (Burlington, Ont.: apogee, 2003) (non-fiction)

Stephen Baxter. Mayflower II. (Hornsea, UK: PS Publishings, 2004)

Ken MacLeod. Learning the World. (London: Orbit, 2005)

Joe Haldeman. Old Twentieth. (New York: Ace, 2005)

*Paul Chafe. Genesis. (Baen, 2007)

——- Exodus: The Ark (Baen, 2009)

Stephen Baxter. Flood. (London: Gollancz, 2008)

——- Ark. (London: Gollancz, 2009)

Elizabeth Bear. Dust. (New York: Bantam Spectra, 2008)

——- Chill. (New York: Spectra/Ballantine Books, 2010)

*Maria V. Snyder, Inside Out (Harlequin, 2011)

*Maria V. Snyder, Outside In (Harlequin, 2012)

*Michael Bishop. “Twenty Lights to ‘The Land of Snow'” in Going Interstellar (Baen Books, 2012)

*Ken Liu. “Mono non Aware” in The Future is Japanese, ed. Nick Mamatas, Masumi Washington (Haikasoru, 2012)

*Kim Stanley Robinson. Aurora (Orbit, 2015)

*Kameron Hurley. The Stars are Legion. (Saga Press, 2017)

*Rivers Solomon. The Unkindness of Ghosts. (Akashic Books, 2017)

*Dave Hutchinson. “Acadie.” (Tor.com, 2017)

*Edward Willett. The Cityborn. (DAW Books, 2017)

*Marina J. Lostetter. Noumenon (Harper Collins, 2017)

—Noumenon Infinity (Harper Collins, 2018)