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ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
Dystopia, about survival.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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Man PlusSeries
series2 books1976
About robots, set in mars.
“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space exploration, set in space.
“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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The Trikon DeceptionNovel
Ben Bova & Bill Poguestandalone novel1992
Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering.
“The Trikon is a shared industrial space laboratory that was built in orbit, designed as the only risk-free environment for genetic experiments too controversial or dangerous to be performed on Earth.”
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The Moon Is a Harsh MistressNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1966
About artificial intelligence, set in the moon and far future.
Snow CrashNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992
Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and organized crime, set in big city.
“Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.”
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