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Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Hard science fiction and first contact, tense in tone, about aliens.
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DiasporaNovel
Greg Eganstandalone novel1997
Hard science fiction, about mind uploading, set in far future and other star systems.
ManifoldSeries
series8 books1997
Hard science fiction.
“Stephen Baxter designed the trilogy to be read in any order, since it plays out across a multiverse rather than a single continuous timeline.”
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ThistledownSeries
series5 books1978
completed
Hard science fiction, set in far future.
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Macx FamilySeries
series10 books2001
Science fiction, set in near future.
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A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
Hard science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and outer planets & moons.
“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
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