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The Rolling StonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1952
Set in near future and 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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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, about coming of age, set in far future and spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Fifth PlanetNovel
Fred Hoyle & Geoffrey Hoylestandalone novel1963
First contact, about aliens, set in other star systems.
Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space colonization, set in near future and 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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Time for the StarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
Hard science fiction, about psychic powers and coming of age.
“Explorer spaceships need a way to communicate back to earth in a timely manner when they are light years away.”
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