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A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
Challenging in tone, about immortality, set in outer planets & moons.
“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
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Imperial EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975
About cloning and space colonization, set in outer planets & moons.
“The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its quincentennial in 2276, but also to have a clone of himself produced.”
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2312Novel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
About genetic engineering and terraforming.
The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality.
Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and space opera, 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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AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
About space colonization and survival, set in spaceship and generation ship.