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Poul Anderson: Tau zero (1970, GuildAmerica Books) 4 stars

Poul Anderson's Tau Zero is an outstanding work of science fiction, in part because it …

Science fiction at its best

5 stars

The book has a bit of a slow start but really gripped after a couple of chapters. It’s a story about humans, their hope, desperation, isolation and relationships. It was refreshing to read a science fiction that captures that, does not divert into war or action, and has a great scientific angle (travelling very close to the speed of light). Loved that it has a mathematical formula in it as well.