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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens.

“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.”
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Bronson BetaSeries

series5 books1933

Set in other star systems.

“The two novels form a self-contained disaster-and-survival duology.”
from the catalogue

Start with When Worlds Collide →

SevenevesNovel

Neal Stephensonstandalone novel2015

Hard science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about genetic engineering and ecological collapse.

Cities in FlightSeries

series10 books1950

completed

Space opera, 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 →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes First Formic War, Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Forge of GodSeries

series2 books1987

completed

Dark in tone, about aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Start with The Forge of God →

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