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Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Hard science fiction and first contact, dark in tone, about aliens.
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens.
“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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Sprawl TrilogySeries
series10 books1981
Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about virtual reality, set in big city.
“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
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Unwise ChildNovel
Randall Garrettstandalone novel1962
Mystery & detective, about robots and murder investigation, set in spaceship.
The Hammer of GodNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1993
Hard science fiction, about survival, set in asteroid belt.
“Set in the year 2109, it deals with the discovery of an asteroid to be on course to collide with Earth and depicts the mission for deflecting the asteroid by using fusion thermal rockets.”
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Mission to MethoneNovel
Les Johnsonstandalone novel2018
First contact, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in asteroid belt.
“Chris Holt, working at the Space Resources Corp., discovers that one of the asteroids he surveying for mining is actually a derelict spaceship.”
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