Looking for a story title- about dimension traveling spaceship that shows alternate versions of the pilot
My girlfriend has been looking for this story for some time now, as it was one of her favorites from her childhood. She says it has a pilot of a spaceship which travels by dimensional jumping, and every time they jump, he sees alternate versions of himself. He begins to see a happier version of himself, and doubts his choices in life. Anyone have any ideas?
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It's the Hugo-award winning Cascade Point by Timothy Zahn. I can't find a Wiki page, but it fits your description to a tee. I re-read it just a few weeks ago, in fact, an everything you state above is accurate, though obviously you are missing some facts that your girlfriend likely wouldn't remember from her childhood, such as the twist at the end. It would have already been two decades old when she read it, but it's been re-printed regularly since it's release in 1984. My own version is from 2010.
I won't spoil it for you and your girlfriend by reminding her of any extra tid-bits, since it's the sort of book you really should buy. It's that good.
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