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Time for the StarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
Hard science fiction, about psychic powers and coming of age.
“Explorer spaceships need a way to communicate back to earth in a timely manner when they are light years away.”
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in far future and other star systems.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
The Goblin ReservationNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1968
Time travel, adventurous and whimsical in tone.
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gateway →
Across a Billion YearsNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
Adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in other star systems and far future.
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, adventurous in tone, set in far future.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
from the catalogue