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Podkayne of MarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963
Space opera, about political intrigue, set in mars.
“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about aliens and survival, set in the moon.
“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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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, set in far future and 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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Time for the StarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
Hard science fiction, about psychic powers.
“Explorer spaceships need a way to communicate back to earth in a timely manner when they are light years away.”
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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space colonization, set in space station.
“Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”
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Space CadetNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948
Military science fiction, hopeful in tone.