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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
About aliens 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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Podkayne of MarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963
About coming of age and political intrigue.
“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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The Rolling StonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1952
Set in the moon.
“The Stone family, lunar-born, technically minded, and perpetually restless, buy a secondhand spaceship and set off from the Moon on a family tour of the solar system.”
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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
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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Thunder and LightningSeries
series4 books2003
completed
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in near future and space.
“Red Thunder and Red Lightning follow the first generation's improvised trip to Mars; Rolling Thunder and Dark Lightning pick up decades later with their descendants.”
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Stories of Other WorldsSeries
series8 books1900
completed
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in near future and space.
Start with A Visit to the Moon →