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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959

Military science fiction, about war and coming of age.

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue

Start with Foundation →

includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories), The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov

Starman JonesNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953

About space exploration and coming of age, set in 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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Citizen of the GalaxyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957

About coming of age and identity.

“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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The Stainless Steel RatSeries

series21 books1957

completed

Funny in tone, about con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

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