# Time-Dilation in Science Fiction stories?

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**Created:** [January 24, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-dilation-in-science-fiction-stories/526236 "2010-01-24T16:06:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-dilation-in-science-fiction-stories/526236/101 "2010-10-12T03:37:06Z")

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> [@asterion](#):
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> I don’t remember them being mentioned, _ **but all of the shared-universe Man-Kzinti Wars collection take place before the Outsiders sell the hyperdrive to the humans on We Made It.** _ While not all of the stories deal with the problems of a sub-light speed war and logistics, several do.

Uhm, I don’t think so; there’s several dealing with the Saxtorphs and their hyperdive ship Rover (_Iron_, _Inconstant Star_). There’s _The Heroic Myth of Lieutenant Nora Argamentine;_ [heck, in Ringworld, the Puppeteers admit that they set up the Man-Kzin Wars in order to keep from having to kill off the Kzin, and ensure humanity’s inevitable victory by setting up the sale of hyperdive technology to humanity.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Kzin_Wars#Aftermath)

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