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PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
About artificial intelligence.
“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
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Start with Destination: Void →
HeorotSeries
series4 books1987
Science fiction, about space colonization, set in far future and other star systems.
“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Legacy of Heorot →
Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about slavery and aliens.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →
The Songs of Distant EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1986
Hard science fiction, reflective in tone, about immigration and exile.
“Of all of his novels, Clarke stated that this was his favourite.”
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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Space opera, about revenge and identity, set in space.
Pax / AstraSeries
series2 books1954
completed
Adventurous and tense in tone.
“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! →