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Andy Weirstandalone novel2021

First contact, about aliens and space exploration.

series2 books2012

Tense in tone, about space exploration, set in mars.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Martian →

Forge of GodSeries

series2 books1987

completed

Dark and tense in tone, about aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Forge of God →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Bronson BetaSeries

series5 books1933

Science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The two novels form a self-contained disaster-and-survival duology.”
from the catalogue

Start with When Worlds Collide →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

series36 books1982

About terraforming, set in mars and far future.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue

Start with Red Mars →

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