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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About space exploration, set in spaceship.
“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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Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Military science fiction, about war and aliens.
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
About identity and slavery.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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Cities in FlightSeries
series10 books1950
completed
Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.
“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →
Between PlanetsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1951
Set in venus & inner planets.
“A teenager is pulled from his earthside boarding school when tensions rise between Earth and the Venus and Mars colonies.”
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Imperial GalaxySeries
series2 books2012
About identity and political intrigue.
“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
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Start with A Confusion of Princes →