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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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Man PlusSeries

series2 books1976

About robots.

“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958

Space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in space.

“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
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TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Red PlanetNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1949

About aliens, set in far future.

“A boy colonist on Mars takes his bouncing ball Martian pet with him to boarding school, but the new Headmaster is a controlling tyrant.”
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Shade's Children milieuSeries

series2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

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