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  • Cover of Minervan Experiment / Giants
    Minervan Experiment / GiantsSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    completed

    Science fiction and hard science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future.

    “The Giants series is a quintet of science fiction novels by James P. Hogan, published between 1977 and 2005.”

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  • Cover of The Colors of Space
    The Colors of SpaceNovel

    Marion Zimmer Bradley · standalone novel · 1963

    Space opera, adventurous in tone.

    “The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”

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  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    Space opera.

    “The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gateway →

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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

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    Start with Ringworld →

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  • Cover of The Avatar
    The AvatarNovel

    Poul Anderson · standalone novel · 1978

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue.

    “With the aid of the political opposition, they escape and journey through the portal in search of knowledge, and perhaps even to meet those who created the portal system.”

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  • Cover of Mesklin
    MesklinSeries

    series · 6 books · 1954

    completed

    Adventurous in tone.

    “The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Mission of Gravity →

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