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Old 07-07-2014, 12:47 PM   #805
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Originally Posted by Clancey View Post
Hi - I read a SF book when I first started reading by choice. It was when I was 10 or 11 (62 as of this writing). I am pretty sure it was by one of the big SF writers of the era. It was about a giant multi-generation spacecraft where the passengers had forgotten they were on an Interstellar ship and had devolved to a primitive state. The hero of the story finds the bridge. It's a hazy memory, but it has bugged me for years. Any help appreciated!
That sounds like the 3rd of the 3 books of the Exiles Trilogy by Ben Bova. And of course Harlan Ellison wrote his short work "Phoenix without Ashes" using the same idea. That story was then later made into the short run TV series known as "The Starlost."

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