Editing Generation ship (section)

===Social breakdown===
Generation ships traveling for long periods of time may see breakdowns in social structures. Changes in society (for example, mutiny) could occur over such periods and may prevent the ship from reaching its destination. This state was described by [[Algis Budrys]] in a 1966 book review:<ref name="budrys196608">{{Cite magazine
 |last=Budrys
 |first=Algis
 |date=August 1966
 |title=Galaxy Bookshelf
 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v24n06_1966-08#page/n185/mode/2up
 |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
 |pages=186–194
}}</ref>

{{quote|The slower-than-light interstellar spaceship, pursuing its way through the weary centuries, its crew losing touch with all reality save the interior of the vessel ... Well, you know the story, and its unhappy downhill round, its exciting struggles between the barbarian tribes which develop in its disparate compartments, and then, if the writer is so minded, the ultimate flash of hope as the good guys win out and prepare to meet their future on some noble, if erroneous basis.}}

[[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Orphans of the Sky]]'' (the "impeccable statement of this theme", Budrys said){{r|budrys196608}} and [[Brian Aldiss]]'s [[Non-Stop (novel)|''Non-Stop'']] (U.S. title: ''Starship'') discussed such societies.