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Pushing IceNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005
Hard science fiction and first contact, about aliens, set in spaceship.
Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
About aliens.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in spaceship.
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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Space opera, about revenge and identity, set in other star systems.
Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Adventurous in tone, 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.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue and aliens, set in other star systems.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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