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About immortality.
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Poul Andersonstandalone novel1970
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“During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' are damaged.”
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Hard science fiction, about cloning and space colonization, set in outer planets & moons.
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Learning the WorldNovel
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First contact and hard science fiction, about aliens and space colonization.
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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