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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955

Adventurous in tone, about space exploration and coming of age.

“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

Space opera, about political intrigue and aliens.

“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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Pushing IceNovel

Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005

Hard science fiction and first contact, about space exploration and aliens.

The Status CivilizationNovel

Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1960

Dystopia, about prison escape and amnesia.

“On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes.”
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The ChrysalidsNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955

Reflective in tone, about genetic engineering and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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