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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955

About space exploration and 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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Pax / AstraSeries

series2 books1954

completed

Science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
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Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

The Book of PtathNovel

A. E. van Vogtstandalone novel1947

Science fantasy, about gods.

“Ptath, a very powerful god, is throwing by his deadly rival, the goddess Ineznia, on Earth, around 200,000,000 AD, in the form of a mortal, where he has to face numerous dangers to survive.”
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TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

City at World's EndNovel

Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in north america and small town.

“Cut off from everything and everyone they knew, the townspeople have to find a way to survive in a world that has nothing left to spare for latecomers.”
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BlackcollarSeries

series3 books1983

Military science fiction, about war.

“Timothy Zahn's Blackcollar trilogy, his debut work, follows survivors of Earth's underground resistance against the Ryqril, an alien empire that conquered the planet a generation earlier.”
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Start with The Blackcollar →

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