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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    Set in spaceship.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

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    includes Rama (2)

  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    Set in far future.

    “To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ender's Game →

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    includes Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Ender Wiggin, Fleet School

  • Cover of Forever War
    Forever WarSeries

    series · 10 books · 1972

    Military science fiction, set in far future.

    Start with Hero →

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • T
    ThistledownSeries

    series · 5 books · 1978

    completed

    Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in far future.

    Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

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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 space exploration and survival.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue

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