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Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968

Space opera, about quests, set in space and far future.

“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
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Forge of GodSeries

series2 books1987

completed

Dark and tense in tone, about aliens and survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Man PlusSeries

series2 books1976

Tense in tone, about space colonization, set in mars and near future.

“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
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2312Novel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012

Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering, set in space and far future.

The Hammer of GodNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1993

Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about space exploration, set in near future.

“Set in the year 2109, it deals with the discovery of an asteroid to be on course to collide with Earth and depicts the mission for deflecting the asteroid by using fusion thermal rockets.”
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Mother of StormsNovel

John Barnesstandalone novel1994

Tense in tone, about ecological collapse, set in our world and near future.

“A strike to destroy an illegal Arctic weapons cache has a catastrophic side effect.”
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