First published 1990
Earth stands fractured over humanity's most ambitious undertaking. The Diaspora Project plans to launch a massive starship beyond the solar system, carrying ten thousand carefully selected colonists to establish humanity's first interstellar settlement. But the selection process ignites fierce debate across the planet. Who deserves a place among the chosen few? What criteria determine human worth when the future of the species hangs in the balance? As Earth's population grapples with being left behind, the project's supporters and opponents clash over fundamental questions of equality, survival, and destiny. The controversy cuts through families, communities, and nations, forcing everyone to confront what it means to be human when only a fraction can escape to the stars. At its heart, this is a story about the painful choices civilizations must make when hope and abandonment walk hand in hand.
Genres: fiction, drama, science-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Earth
Period: 21st-century
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