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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    Set in space and spaceship.

    “Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

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    includes Rama (2)

  • Cover of Forge of God
    Forge of GodSeries

    series · 2 books · 1987

    completed

    Dark and tense in tone, about survival.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Forge of God →

    similar byscience fictionaliens+3 more

  • Cover of Cavor
    CavorSeries

    series · 2 books · 1901

    Adventurous in tone, set in the moon and early 20th century.

    “H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The First Men in the Moon →

    similar byscience fictionaliensspace exploration+1 more

  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    Bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity, set in our world and near future.

    similar byscience fictionfirst contactaliens+1 more

  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

    “The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

    similar byscience fiction

    includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World

  • Cover of Timemaster
    TimemasterNovel

    Robert L. Forward · standalone novel · 1992

    Hard science fiction.

    similar byscience fiction+5 more