Thursday, 11 February 2016

story identification - British sci fi book from the 70s or early featuring a colony returning to a deserted Earth

I read a book as a kid in the 70s. I think the book was written then, but could have been late sixties.



It is about a colony on a distant planet that for some reason need to go back to earth. Due to time dilation they end up arriving to a deserted earth tho they don't realize this has occurred. There is a sequence where they are flying over what should be Sheffield and just finding fields.



That is all I remember other than it having a profound effect on me even though I can't remember anything else about it. I would love to get hold of this book and read it again. I'm sure that despite moving on to Robert H and Philip K the effect it had will still happen; I hope!

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