Series
Centaurus
A. E. van Vogt · 1 novel · 3 novelettes · 1947–1965
Rogue Ship is A. E. van Vogt's fix-up novel about a generation ship launched from Earth toward Alpha Centauri, following the descendants of its original crew as isolation, time dilation, and shifting leadership reshape their small society across generations. Assembled from linked stories written over nearly two decades, it carries van Vogt's characteristic rapid-fire plot turns and speculative concepts. It was published as a complete novel in 1965.
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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Centaurus at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
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By decade
- 1940s1
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
Shape
1 novel · 3 novelettes
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionspace colonizationspaceshipfar futuretenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Rogue Shipdarkest · calmest
- Rogue Shipbrightest
- The Expendablesmost intense