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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
First contact, about faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.
Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Hard science fiction and first contact, tense and dark in tone.
Start with Blindsight →
ManifoldSeries
series8 books1997
Hard science fiction.
“Stephen Baxter designed the trilogy to be read in any order, since it plays out across a multiverse rather than a single continuous timeline.”
from the catalogue
Start with Time →
ThistledownSeries
series5 books1978
completed
Hard science fiction, set in far future.
Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →
A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
Hard science fiction, about 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Meeting with Medusa →
The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries
series11 books1895
Science fiction.
“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →