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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, about survival, set in the moon.

    “One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”

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  • Cover of The Crimson Deathbringer
    The Crimson DeathbringerSeries

    series · 1 book · 2019

    Space opera and military science fiction, funny in tone, set in other star systems.

    “Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Crimson Deathbringer →

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  • Cover of Gaean
    GaeanSeries

    series · 3 books · 1979

    completed

    Space opera, set in outer planets & moons and far future.

    “The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Titan →

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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    Set in far future 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 →

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  • Cover of Islands in the Sky
    Islands in the SkyNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1952

    About space colonization, set in space station.

    “Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”

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  • Cover of Podkayne of Mars
    Podkayne of MarsNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1963

    Space opera, about coming of age and political intrigue.

    “Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”

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