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Originally Posted by KenIsaacson
I read it probably back in the late 60s. Briefly stated, a spaceship is headed from Earth to some planet in another solar system. The crew was placed in a state of suspended animation because of the length of the trip.
Many, many years later, when they arrive and revive, they find that others from Earth are already there. Because of technological advances made long after they left, these future travelers were able to make the trip in far shorter time. Thus, the second-to-leave travelers overtook the first by a long shot.
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I'm pretty sure that is A.E. Van Vogt’s “Far Centaurus”
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41417