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Unwise ChildNovel
Randall Garrettstandalone novel1962
Mystery & detective, about artificial intelligence, set in spaceship and near future.
Who?Novel
Algis Budrysstandalone novel1958
Tense in tone, about identity.
CradleNovel
Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Leestandalone novel1988
First contact, about aliens, set in north america and near future.
“The premise of the novel is the contact between a few humans from the Miami area in 1994 and the super robots of a damaged space ship submerged off the Florida coast.”
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Shakespeare's PlanetNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1976
First contact, about aliens, set in other star systems and far future.
“Woken after a thousand-year voyage meant to find humanity a new home, Carter Horton finds his ship stranded for good, tended by the disembodied minds of three volunteers who gave up their bodies to fly it.”
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FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
Set in far future.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →
includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation, Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)
Special DeliveranceNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1982
Adventurous in tone, about quests, set in parallel universe.
“A professor finds himself teamed with men, women, and a robot from parallel versions of earth, transported to a planet and sent on a quest of which none of them know the purpose or the details.”
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