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Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in spaceship.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality.
TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Tense in tone, about political intrigue.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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Tau ZeroNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1970
Hard science fiction, about survival, set in spaceship and deep space.
“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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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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