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The Android's DreamSeries
series2 books2006
Space opera and humor, funny in tone, about genetic engineering.
“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about space exploration and survival.
“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
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Podkayne of MarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963
Space opera, about coming of age and political intrigue.
“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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The Crimson DeathbringerSeries
series1 book2019
Space opera and military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems.
“Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”
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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space colonization and space exploration, set in 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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Stories of Other WorldsSeries
series8 books1900
completed
Space opera, about space exploration.
Start with A Visit to the Moon →