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Re:The Long Chase by ddeck on Saturday July 30, 2016 @12:06PM (#12193515)
Site appears to be down. Archived at:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160313135722/http://www.lights...

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Re:The Long Chase by impostervt on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:14PM (#12195307)
If you liked this, you may like "House of Suns" by Alastair Reynolds. There's one chase scene that takes about 60,000 years.
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Re:The Long Chase by kchoudhu on Sunday July 31, 2016 @03:03AM (#12196026)
"The Forever War" was my first introduction to this form of time stretching. I actively search out authors who incorporate it into their storytelling, so I was thrilled when I stumbled across Alastair Reynolds' writing.

I think I have all of his books now.

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Re:The Long Chase by pasbesoin on Monday August 01, 2016 @01:04PM (#12204054)
Vinge's "A Deepness in the Sky".
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Re:The Long Chase by pavel_lishin on Saturday July 30, 2016 @11:51PM (#12195662)
I believe Larry Niven had one as well; I don't remember how long it lasted, due to relativistic effects.

The Ethics of Madness, I think it was called.

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Re:The Long Chase by wiml on Sunday July 31, 2016 @06:59AM (#12196429)
I think it lasted indefinitely. Both people had life-extension technology on their ships and they were Bussard ramjets of the "can accelerate forever" variety.

Another classic relativistic story is Pohl's _Starburst_.

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Re:The Long Chase by andrewflnr on Sunday July 31, 2016 @01:08AM (#12195821)
House of Suns generally seemed to make me viscerally feel Deep Time. I was rather impressed with that aspect in particular.
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Re:The Long Chase by cookingrobot on Sunday July 31, 2016 @03:17AM (#12196067)
I recommend Permutation City. https://www.amazon.com/Permutation-City-Greg-Egan-ebook/dp/B...
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Re:The Long Chase by suhith on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:30PM (#12195347)
Fantastic!
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Re:The Long Chase by gonvaled on Saturday July 30, 2016 @02:44PM (#12194149)
Excellent!
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