Hull Zero Three is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novel from Greg Bear

Greg Bear

Gregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution...

. It was published on November 22, 2010. It is set on a generation ship

Generation ship

A generation ship is a hypothetical type of interstellar ark starship that travels across great distances between stars at a speed much slower than the speed of light...

that has lost its way under mysterious circumstances.

Critical reception

Chris Hsiang summarizes the ultimate the overall impact of the book as "...less than thrilling but I've come to expect this from Greg Bear: he is often more concerned with the journey than the destination. The Mystery In Space of Hull Three Zero is more personal and at the same time very universal. When you look past all the action and exotic scenery Teacher's turmoil boils down to, "Who am I and why are we here?" We may never get the full answer but these are the kind of questions we all have to ask." Similarly, the book has been described by Harriet Klausner of Alternative Worlds as a "science fiction thriller that adds very little new to the generational ark in space sub-genre."