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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955

Adventurous in tone, about survival and space exploration.

“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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Against a Dark BackgroundNovel

Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about heist and magical artifacts.

Phule's CompanySeries

series6 books1990

Military science fiction and humor, funny in tone.

“A company of Space Legionnaires which has become the dumping ground for irremediable misfits and losers acquires a new commander who applies his leadership skills to bring them up to a standard of excellence.”
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Start with Phule's Company →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Adventurous in tone, about aliens.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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Start with For Love of Mother-Not →

includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth

SerenityverseUniverse

universe15 books2005

Space opera, adventurous in tone.

“Half a galaxy terraformed, the war lost, and a Firefly-class transport called Serenity staying just far enough ahead of the Alliance to take the next job — legal if possible, which it generally is not.”
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Start with Big Damn Hero →

includes Firefly (original novels), Firefly

Viagens InterplanetariasSeries

series23 books1949

completed

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens.

“Set in the future in the 21st and 22nd centuries, the series is named for the quasi-public Terran agency portrayed as monopolizing interstellar travel, the Brazilian-dominated Viagens Interplanetarias.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Queen of Zamba →

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