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CavorSeries
series2 books1901
About aliens, set in early 20th century and underground & caves.
“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
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Start with The First Men in the Moon →
Rocket Ship GalileoNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1947
Hopeful in tone, about coming of age, set in near future.
“Three teenage boys do backyard experiments on powerful model rockets.”
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Baltimore Gun ClubSeries
series11 books1865
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in 19th century and the moon.
“Five years later, Verne wrote a sequel called Around the Moon.”
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Start with From the Earth to the Moon →
The Rolling StonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1952
Lighthearted in tone, set in space and near future.
“The Stone family, lunar-born, technically minded, and perpetually restless, buy a secondhand spaceship and set off from the Moon on a family tour of the solar system.”
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, set in space and far future.
“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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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about aliens, set in near future.
“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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