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Whipping StarNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970
First contact, adventurous in tone.
“From Amazon: In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species.”
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Pandora's PlanetSeries
series11 books1956
completed
Science fiction, funny in tone, about aliens, set in galactic scale and far future.
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The Sirens of TitanNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1959
Set in space and mars.
Star Smashers of the Galaxy RangersNovel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1973
Whimsical in tone, about space exploration, set in space and other star systems.
“The main characters are homages to Tom Swift Jr. and his buddy, Bud Barclay.”
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RedshirtsNovel
John Scalzistandalone novel2012
About identity, set in spaceship and space.
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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includes Foundation, Trantorian Empire, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories), The Positronic Robot Stories