In the novel Rama Revealed, humans who attacked octospiders and myrmicats while within one of these things are called xenophobes and segregated by aliens. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these vehicles. Many science fiction works explore the lives of multiple generations of people forced to live within these vehicles as they travel between galaxies.
ANSWER: spaceships [or spacecraft; or starships; prompt on generation ships]
[10h] In this short story by Arthur C. Clarke, aliens are awestruck by humanity’s willingness to board generation ships to survive the Sun’s explosion. The title group of this story finds a mirror broadcasting information into space.
ANSWER: “Rescue Party”
[10m] A supposed generation ship is revealed to be an experiment based on Earth in “Thirteen to Centaurus,” a story by this author. Robert Vaughan wants to die violently alongside Elizabeth Taylor in a novel by this author.
ANSWER: J. G. Ballard [or James Graham Ballard]
<Albert Nyang, British Literature>