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Podkayne of MarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963
Space opera, about political intrigue, set in mars.
“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about space exploration and survival, set in the moon.
“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.”
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Rocket Ship GalileoNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1947
About space exploration, set in the moon.
“Three teenage boys do backyard experiments on powerful model rockets.”
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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space exploration, set in space station.
“Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”
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JupiterSeries
series6 books1996
completed
About space exploration.
“The Jupiter novels are a series of science fiction novels from Tor Books patterned after Robert A. Heinlein's young adult novels.”
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, about space exploration, set in far future and spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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