Non-Stop is Brian Aldiss' first novel. Originally published by Faber & Faber, it was published in the U.S. by Criterion Books as Starship in 1959. Protagonist, Roy Complain, lives in a culturally-primitive tribe of Quarters. Here, curiosity is discouraged, its inhabitants live solitary and short lives. With a small group, Complain decides to leave his home and journey into territory beyond his tribe's boundaries. The consequent discoveries will change his perception of the entire universe.