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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in far future and other star systems.
“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue
Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Pip & Flinx, The Founding of the Commonwealth, Icerigger Trilogy
A Columbus of SpaceNovel
Garrett P. Servissstandalone novel1911
Adventure, about space exploration, set in venus & inner planets and early 20th century.
“The year was 1909 and Garrett Putnam Serviss was already a respected science writer for the Hearst newspaper group.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
About space exploration and survival, set in near future.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Larklight TrilogySeries
series3 books2006
Whimsical in tone, about space exploration.
Start with Larklight →
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
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Tense in tone, about space exploration, set in far future.
Start with Black Destroyer →