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- Larry Niven
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| Space Ark | ||
| A very large ship used to transport a large group of people. |
As far as I know, this is the first use of this term.
| Religious prophets..were recruiting funds and followers for huge space arks in which they would journey to a promised planet. |
| Technovelgy from Decision Illogical,
by N.B. Wilkinson. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1948 Additional resources -
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An uncommon variant on this term - the space ark from Terror in the Stars (1955) by John Sentry:
See also the generation ship from Star Ship (1955) by EC Tubb.
Ark ships, designed as miniature universes, breeding and rearing generations in the long flight between the stars.
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