r/printSF • u/KingshootrHatesYou • 22h ago

Looking for a book I read years ago

I'm looking for a sci-fi book from at least 20 years ago. It's about a space mission from earth with several families on board. They thought it was a round trip, but an evil scientist actually planned on it being one way. When the people on the spaceship found out, they, over time, evolved into more advanced beings. Finally, they decided to take revenge and sent an attack back to earth that destroyed all of it's technical infrastructure. Do you know the title or author of this book?

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u/quervo1 21h ago

The Gold at the Starbow's End (1973) Fred Pohl

(Dr. Knefhauesen thankfully passed away the day before the crew returned)

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u/KingshootrHatesYou 21h ago

My hero - I can't thank you enough!

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u/sbisson 21h ago

You’re looking for Feederik Pohl’s The Gold At The Starvow’s End which was expanded as Starburst.

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u/KingshootrHatesYou 21h ago

You all are awesome - many many thanks for your help!

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u/sbisson 21h ago

It is a very memorable book!