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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, about space exploration, 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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The Star BeastNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1954
First contact, about aliens, set in our world and near future.
“A talking alien pet has grown to the size of a small dinosaur.”
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A Tale of Time CityNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1987
Mysterious in tone, about quests, set in otherworld.
“In 1939 an eleven-year-old London girl is kidnapped to Time City, a place existing outside the stream of time and manipulating the history of humanity, where she finds the inhabitants facing their worst hour of crisis.”
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The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy TaleNovel
L. Frank Baumstandalone novel1901
Whimsical in tone, about magical artifacts and deal with the devil.
“Rob Joslyn is an amateur electrical tinkerer, wiring up batteries and motors with more enthusiasm than skill, when one bungled experiment does something no wiring diagram predicted: it summons the Demon of Electricity.”
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Podkayne of MarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963
Space opera, about political intrigue, set in near future and space.
“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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Farmer in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1950
Hard science fiction, about space colonization and survival, set in outer planets & moons.
“A family emigrates to the new colony on Ganymede, but the existing colonists do not have the resources to support a flood of immigrants.”
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