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Non-StopNovel
Brian W. Aldissstandalone novel1958
About identity, set in spaceship and generation ship.
Hello AmericaNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1981
About ecological collapse, set in desert.
“The plot follows an expedition to a North America rendered uninhabitable by an ecological disaster following an energy crisis.”
from the catalogue
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Space opera, about aliens, set in space and other star systems.
“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 →
Saint LeibowitzSeries
series6 books1955
completed
About faith and religion.
“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in space and other star systems.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Reckoning InfinityNovel
John E. Stithstandalone novel1997
Tense in tone, about aliens, set in space.
“A team of explorers is sent to explore the interior of an organic, moon-sized alien arrival.”
from the catalogue