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  • Cover of Podkayne of Mars
    Podkayne of MarsNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1963

    Space opera, about coming of age and political intrigue, set in mars.

    “Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”

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  • Cover of Islands in the Sky
    Islands in the SkyNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1952

    About space colonization, set in space station.

    “Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”

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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, about aliens and survival, set in the moon.

    “One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”

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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    About aliens, set in spaceship.

    “Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”

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    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

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  • Cover of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
    The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

    series · 11 books · 1895

    “The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”

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    Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

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  • Cover of The Rolling Stones
    The Rolling StonesNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1952

    Lighthearted in tone, set in the moon.

    “The Stone family, lunar-born, technically minded, and perpetually restless, buy a secondhand spaceship and set off from the Moon on a family tour of the solar system.”

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