Rogue Ship Author:A. E. Van Vogt Centaurus was the ultimate destination of the space ship 'The Hope of Man.' The journey had already taken twenty years, and still nine more years remained before Centaurus would be reached... — But the passengers were becoming restless: mutinty was close. Captain Lesbee possessed certain information not available to anyone else on board - the Ear... more »th might very well have been obliterated by this time...« less
The spaceship as minor kingdom: political intrigue, murders, class segregation, female subjugation, class war; and then there's the alien contact and the time travel. Solid Van Vogt.