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Tau Zero by Poul Anderson is another one on the same line; a Bussard ramjet damaged such that it couldn't turn around. Because the Bussard ramjet provides both propulsion and radiation/particle shielding, they can't turn it off, so just get faster and faster...


Another one: The World at the End of Time, Frederik Pohl. A star being ("Wan-To") accelerates another star indefinitely, dragging its (inhabited) system with it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_the_End_of_Time


Read the book recently, was entertaining enough.


It was an interesting book, but the interpersonal dialog was rather tough to get through. It really picked up some momentum toward the end though!




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