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IsisSeries
series3 books1980
completed
About space colonization and coming of age.
“The trilogy continues through The Guardian of Isis and The Isis Pedlar, later collected together as The Isis Trilogy.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Keeper of the Isis Light →
A Different LightNovel
Elizabeth A. Lynnstandalone novel1978
Space opera, bittersweet and reflective in tone, about space exploration.
“Twenty if he stayed in space-normal, where his disease could be treated.”
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Jenna StarbornNovel
Sharon Shinnstandalone novel2002
About genetic engineering and forbidden love.
“Jenna is created in the gen tanks, repudiated by the woman who commissioned her, educated in a scientific school, and employed as a nuclear technician on a remote, lonely planet.”
from the catalogue
Flowers for AlgernonNovel
Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966
About genetic engineering, set in north america and contemporary.
“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
from the catalogue
CadenceSeries
series2 books2013
Space opera, adventurous in tone.
Start with Entangled →
Ender's GameUniverse
universe39 books1977
Science fiction, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ender's Game →
includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Fleet School, Second Formic War