Timeline for Seeking name and author of book where main character returns to Earth many thousands of years after he left due to time dilation effect of his flight
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| Jan 14, 2018 at 18:19 | answer | added | user18979 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 14:42 | comment | added | Otis | The solar sail and underground intercontinental rail network are elements of "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle -- possibly you're conflating a couple of different stories you read around the same time? | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 2:39 | comment | added | LAK | @Reader56 The main character in A World Out of Time does look for immortality drugs; they're a fairly large part of the plot., though I don't remember an underground rail network. | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 2:13 | comment | added | Reader56 | Thank you. However I've now looked at the synopsis of that book and it doesn't seem to match my memory of the story. | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 1:42 | comment | added | user14111 | Perhaps A World out of Time by Larry Niven. (The spaceship uses a ramjet, not a solar sail.) | |
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| Jan 14, 2018 at 1:10 | history | asked | Reader56 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |