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series2 books2012

Hard science fiction, hopeful in tone, about space exploration.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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Start with The Martian →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

A Fall of MoondustNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1961

Hard science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in the moon.

“One of the high points of each tour is a cruise around the Sea of Thirst, a body of volcanic dust, in a specially designed vessel called the Selene On a perfectly routine voyage one day the Selene suddenly disappears.”
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Bronson BetaSeries

series5 books1933

Set in other star systems.

“The two novels form a self-contained disaster-and-survival duology.”
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Start with When Worlds Collide →

Farnham's FreeholdNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964

Post-apocalyptic and time travel, about race and racism, set in north america.

Thunder and LightningSeries

series4 books2003

completed

Adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in space.

“Red Thunder and Red Lightning follow the first generation's improvised trip to Mars; Rolling Thunder and Dark Lightning pick up decades later with their descendants.”
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Start with Red Thunder →

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