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Adventures of Viktor & JuliaSeries
series2 books1999
Adventurous in tone.
“When NASA becomes bogged down in politics and bureaucracy, businessman Axelrod and a conglomerate of backers seize their chance.”
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Pushing IceNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005
Set in far future and other star systems.
Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, adventurous in tone, 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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All Judgment FledNovel
James Whitestandalone novel1968
Science fiction and first contact, tense and mysterious in tone, about aliens and space exploration, set in near future and space.
“From the front flap of the Rapp first edition: It is the spring of 1978 and a gigantic alien spaceship has entered the solar system and taken up an orbit some sixty million miles from the Sun.”
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The MartianSeries
series2 books2012
Hopeful in tone, set in mars and our world.
“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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StarplexNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel1996
Space opera, about war, set in other star systems.
“For nearly twenty years Earth's space exploration had exploded outward, thanks to a series of mysterious, artificial wormholes.”
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