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Non Stop
by Brian W. Aldiss
Holy crap, what a mind-frell! OK, so, somehow I never heard of this one growing up. I first heard it mentioned as one of the books that heavily inspired the "Metamorphosis Alpha" RPG way back in the day, and the "Mutant Crawl Classics RPG" now. I knew the basic plot going in - people on an interstellar generational ship descended into a state of barbarism and savagery, not really realizing that their world is an artificial starship, until somehow the truth is revealed. I didn't expect it to be so well written, or to have quite as many cruel twists and reveals. The truth is so much worse than anyone suspects, and though the careful reader will begin to suspect (I suspected much of the true scope of things before the "big reveal/s"), there is a real subtle creeping horror to it all. Great stuff, highly recommended, and best of all, the science still stands up pretty well (perhaps better than anyone could have expected, since our real world has since had crises that this book in some ways predicts).