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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.
Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
Bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity and identity, set in our world.
Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Hard science fiction, tense and dark in tone, set in far future.
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about 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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A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
Hard science fiction, about immortality, 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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The ListenersSeries
series7 books1968
completed
Set in our world.
“Structured as a linked sequence of episodes and documents rather than one continuous plot, it follows the project's staff more than any single hero.”
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