# ID this Sci-Fi book please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-please/377617 "2006-10-23T20:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-please/377617/1 "2006-10-23T20:56:31Z")
I remember reading a description either here or the newspaper about it, I’ve been meaning to pick it up but can never remember the title. The premise is that the Earth is dying or maybe running out of resources. Somehow a ship is sent to another planet that can harbor life. The crew if the ship then finds humans already there. This sound familiar to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-please/377617/2 "2006-10-23T21:10:13Z")
[QUOTE=Stuffy] I remember reading a description either here or the newspaper about it, I’ve been meaning to pick it up but can never remember the title. The premise is that the Earth is dying or maybe running out of resources. Somehow a ship is sent to another planet that can harbor life. The crew if the ship then finds humans already there. This sound familiar to anyone? [/QUOTE] Actually, I can think of a good half-dozen books offhand that match this approximate description. Any more details available? Approximate date of publication? Initials of the author? ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-please/377617/3 "2006-10-23T21:30:11Z")
I’m pretty sure that was published within the last two years. I also believe the author was a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-please/377617/4 "2006-10-23T22:08:58Z")
It could be this, I suppose: [Kay Kenyon](http://www.amazon.com/Braided-World-Kay-Kenyon/dp/0553583794/sr=8-1/qid=1161641080/ref=sr_1_1/102-3347658-1845708?ie=UTF8&s=books) title, or maybe [Hilari Bell](http://www.amazon.com/Navohar-Hilari-Bell/dp/0451457889/sr=1-10/qid=1161641229/ref=sr_1_10/102-3347658-1845708?ie=UTF8&s=books) , although this one sounds a bit less likely… ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-please/377617/5 "2006-10-23T22:13:50Z")
This sounds a bit like [Crossfire](http://www.amazon.com/Crossfire-Nancy-Kress/dp/0765343894), by Nancy Kress, although in that book the population of the new planet is not human. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-please/377617/6 "2006-10-23T22:49:17Z")
[QUOTE=Meurglys] It could be this, I suppose: [Kay Kenyon](http://www.amazon.com/Braided-World-Kay-Kenyon/dp/0553583794/sr=8-1/qid=1161641080/ref=sr_1_1/102-3347658-1845708?ie=UTF8&s=books) title, or maybe [Hilari Bell](http://www.amazon.com/Navohar-Hilari-Bell/dp/0451457889/sr=1-10/qid=1161641229/ref=sr_1_10/102-3347658-1845708?ie=UTF8&s=books) , although this one sounds a bit less likely… [/QUOTE] It’s the Kay Kenyon title. Thanks.