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series2 books1901

About space exploration and aliens, set in underground & caves.

“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.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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.”
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The Moon Is a Harsh MistressNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1966

About artificial intelligence and rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

EarthlightNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1955

Tense in tone, about space exploration.

Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)Series

series4 books1938

completed

About faith and religion and aliens, set in other star systems.

Start with Out of the Silent Planet →

A Fall of MoondustNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1961

Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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.”
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