once I read a short story called(I think!) Birthdays it was set on a colony type ship run by a computer that awakened one boy one day every year to check on test tube babies being raised by the computer. Anyone read this and know who wrote it or what short story collection it may be in?

Sounds interesting Paul, I like the sound of that - we'll try and find out for you or maybe another member will know.

hiya Paul

it sounds like something that Ursula LeGuin may of written, she writes about space arks and such like I dont know if this is any help to you as I really am not sure

Hope some one can help you find it

Dax, that sounds familiar?! Got any links?

Sounds a little like the Exiles trilogy. I'll have to trawl through my shelves tonight for the author. Enjoyable yarn with a nonsensical ending.

Ogre

Not exiles trilogy, I have that one (good too!) I am almost sure it was in a collection of short stories but just can't find it again. Will keep banging my head against the wall, could help!

Your right you know. The Exiles was by Ben Bova (stupid ending . That's the problem when you've been reading SF/Fantasy almost exclusively for the past 30 years and have (probably) a couple of thousand tomes on your walls to trawl through..

Ogre