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Shakespeare's PlanetNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1976
First contact, reflective in tone, about aliens.
“Woken after a thousand-year voyage meant to find humanity a new home, Carter Horton finds his ship stranded for good, tended by the disembodied minds of three volunteers who gave up their bodies to fly it.”
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Destiny DollNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1971
Adventurous in tone, about aliens and survival.
“A group of space travelers is trapped on a planet that lured them to land.”
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The Colors of SpaceNovel
Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963
Space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in space.
“The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”
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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Space opera, tense in tone, about war, set in space.
Start with Berserker →
The Fifth Head of CerberusSeries
series4 books1972
About identity.
“The novella was included in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Eight.”
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Start with The Fifth Head of Cerberus →
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.
“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 The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation, Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)