It was also an influence for Poul Anderson's hard science fiction novel Tau Zero. The poem was referenced in Vernor Vinge's hard science fiction novel A Fire Upon the Deep. The poem consists of 103 cantos and relates the tragedy of a space ship (4,750 m (15,580 ft) long and 891 m (2,923 ft) wide) which, originally bound for Mars with a cargo of colonists from the ravaged Earth, after an accident is ejected from the solar system and into an existential struggle. It was selected a s the second most important book published in Sweden in the 20th century. by Stephen Klass and Leif Sjöberg, Story Line Press, 1998.Īniara (Swedish: Aniara : en revy om människan i tid och rum]) is a poem of science fiction written by Swedish Nobel laureate Harry Martinson in 1956. Harry Martinson, Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem, T rans.
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