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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About space exploration and coming of age, set in other star systems.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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Against a Dark BackgroundNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993
Tense in tone, about heist and magical artifacts, set in other star systems.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in other star systems.
“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 →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
The DisastersNovel
M. K. Englandstandalone novel2018
Funny in tone, about heist and space colonization.
“The Breakfast Club meets Guardians of the Galaxy in this YA sci-fi adventure by debut author M. K. England.”
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FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →
includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
NovaNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968
About quests and revenge, set in other star systems.
“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
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