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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About coming of age, set in 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.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Tense 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 Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Dark in tone, about revenge and identity.
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
About aliens.
“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gateway →
Endless BlueNovel
Wen Spencerstandalone novel2007
Tense in tone, about aliens and quests.
“The appearance of the warp drive from a long lost spaceship, the Fenrir, triggers an epic quest fort he rest oft the ship, a mission led by Captain Mikhail Volkov.”
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