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The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality.
HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
About redemption and colonialism.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and space opera, about space colonization.
“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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Against the Fall of NightSeries
series2 books1953
Science fiction, reflective in tone, about space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.
“Against the Fall of Night is Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel of a stagnant, climate-controlled city called Diaspar a billion years in Earth's future, where a young man named Alvin becomes the first in living memory to want to leave it.”
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Imperial EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975
Hard science fiction, about cloning and space colonization, set in space.
“The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its quincentennial in 2276, but also to have a clone of himself produced.”
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