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  • Cover of Barsoom
    BarsoomSeries

    series · 53 books · 1917

    Science fantasy, adventurous in tone.

    “Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”

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    Start with A Princess of Mars →

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  • Cover of The Martian Chronicles
    The Martian ChroniclesSeries

    series · 30 books · 1946

    completed

    Reflective in tone, about space colonization, set in near future.

    Start with The Million Year Picnic →

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  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    First contact, about faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Double Star
    Double StarNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1956

    About political intrigue and identity, set in far future.

    “Lorenzo Smythe, the excellent yet unemployed actor, meets Dak Broadbent in a bar.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of The Sirens of Titan
    The Sirens of TitanNovel

    Kurt Vonnegut & Jr. · standalone novel · 1959

    Space opera, funny in tone, set in space and far future.

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