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Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in far future.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in far future.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Tau ZeroNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1970
Hard science fiction, about survival, set in spaceship and far future.
“During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' are damaged.”
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Memoirs of a SpacewomanNovel
Naomi Mitchisonstandalone novel1962
Set in far future.
A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
Hard science fiction, about immortality, set in far future and outer planets & moons.
“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
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Start with A Meeting with Medusa →
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Set in far future.
“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →