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Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
About coming of age, set in other star systems.
“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
from the catalogue
MesklinSeries
series6 books1954
completed
About aliens, set in other star systems.
“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mission of Gravity →
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Space opera, about aliens, set in spaceship and space.
Start with Black Destroyer →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in space and other star systems.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Pax / AstraSeries
series2 books1954
completed
Science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.
“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Stars Are Ours! →
Farmer in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1950
Hopeful in tone, about space colonization and coming of age.
“A family emigrates to the new colony on Ganymede, but the existing colonists do not have the resources to support a flood of immigrants.”
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