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A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
About aliens and immortality, set in far future and outer planets & moons.
“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
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DiasporaNovel
Greg Eganstandalone novel1997
About mind uploading, set in far future.
AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
About space colonization, set in spaceship and generation ship.
Imperial EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975
About cloning and space colonization, set in far future and outer planets & moons.
“The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its quincentennial in 2276, but also to have a clone of himself produced.”
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ManifoldSeries
series8 books1997
Set in near future.
“Stephen Baxter designed the trilogy to be read in any order, since it plays out across a multiverse rather than a single continuous timeline.”
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The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality, set in far future.