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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958

Space opera, adventurous in tone, 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.”
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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

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

The Star BeastNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1954

Adventurous in tone, set in north america.

“A talking alien pet has grown to the size of a small dinosaur.”
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TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Word and the Void, The Genesis of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The First Druids of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara

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