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Shroud (Adrian Tchaikovsky)Series
series2 books2024
Science fiction and hard science fiction, tense in tone, about aliens and survival, set in far future and other star systems.
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Pushing IceNovel
Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005
Set in space and spaceship.
Cycle of FireNovel
Hal Clementstandalone novel1957
Reflective in tone, about friendship.
“After his ship crashed on the inhospitable planet Abyorman, Nils Kruger had spent weeks wandering across the face of the planet.suffering from blistering heat, the searing cold of an alien climate.”
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FractalverseSeries
series2 books2020
Space opera, set in space.
“Fractal Noise, a parallel entry, follows a separate crew investigating a mysterious signal-emitting structure on another world within the same universe.”
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Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.
“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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