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Red PlanetNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1949
About coming of age, set in far future.
“A boy colonist on Mars takes his bouncing ball Martian pet with him to boarding school, but the new Headmaster is a controlling tyrant.”
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Podkayne of MarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963
Space opera, about coming of age and political intrigue.
“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space exploration, set in space and space station.
“Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”
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BarsoomSeries
series53 books1917
Science fantasy.
“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
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The Sands of MarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1951
Hard science fiction, about space exploration and terraforming.
Birth of FireNovel
Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1976
About terraforming.