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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about survival.

“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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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

Set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

includes Rama (2)

Dragon's EggSeries

series3 books1980

completed

Hard science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

Start with Dragon's Egg →

Minervan Experiment / GiantsSeries

series5 books1977

completed

Hard science fiction, mysterious in tone, set in far future.

“The Giants series is a quintet of science fiction novels by James P. Hogan, published between 1977 and 2005.”
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Start with Inherit the Stars →

Forge of GodSeries

series2 books1987

completed

Dark and tense in tone, about survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Start with The Forge of God →

Islands in the SkyNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952

Adventurous in tone, 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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