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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor, funny in tone, set in space.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

Whipping StarNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970

Space opera and first contact, about aliens, set in galactic scale.

“From Amazon: In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species.”
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Past MasterNovel

R. A. Laffertystandalone novel1968

Time travel, about faith and religion and political intrigue, set in our world.

Star Smashers of the Galaxy RangersNovel

Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1973

Space opera and humor, funny in tone, set in space.

“The main characters are homages to Tom Swift Jr. and his buddy, Bud Barclay.”
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The Flying SorcerersNovel

Larry Niven & David Gerroldstandalone novel1971

Humor, funny in tone, set in other star systems.

Desolation RoadSeries

series3 books1988

About terraforming, set in mars.

“Desolation Road, Ian McDonald's first novel, imagines a far-future, terraformed Mars where a town grows up around a desert oasis and takes on a life of its own, mixing magical-realist incident with hard-SF colonization detail.”
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