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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, about aliens, set in the moon.

    “One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Heart of the Comet
    Heart of the CometNovel

    David Brin & Gregory Benford · standalone novel · 1986

    Science fiction and hard science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space exploration and survival, set in near future and space.

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  • Cover of A Fall of Moondust
    A Fall of MoondustNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1961

    Set in the moon.

    “One of the high points of each tour is a cruise around the Sea of Thirst, a body of volcanic dust, in a specially designed vessel called the Selene On a perfectly routine voyage one day the Selene suddenly disappears.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Cities in Flight
    Cities in FlightSeries

    series · 10 books · 1950

    completed

    Space opera, about space colonization, set in far future.

    “The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    Space opera, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

    “The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gateway →

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