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The first great science-fiction story in which Alpha Centauri played a major role may have been a 1944 tale by A. E. van Vogt. I read it in a much later anthology when I was a kid. The title of the tale—including the sound of that title—was what really filled me with admiration and has stuck with me ever since: "Far Centaurus." Although the name Proxima Centauri basically means "near Centaurus," the title of the story is appropriate because the tale tells of a first spaceship journey that would take many generations to complete—"'Tis for far Centaurus we sail!"
Alpha Centauri (1997), in which terrorists plague the colony ship which is humankind's last hope
With various notes and corrections, and a preface to each catalogue. To which is added the synonym of each star, in the catalogues or Flamsteed of Lacaille, as far as the same can be ascertained.