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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    Set in spaceship.

    “Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”

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    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

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  • Cover of Starplex
    StarplexNovel

    Robert J. Sawyer · standalone novel · 1996

    Space opera, tense in tone, about war, set in spaceship.

    “For nearly twenty years Earth's space exploration had exploded outward, thanks to a series of mysterious, artificial wormholes.”

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  • Cover of Minervan Experiment / Giants
    Minervan Experiment / GiantsSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    completed

    Hard science fiction, set in far future.

    “The Giants series is a quintet of science fiction novels by James P. Hogan, published between 1977 and 2005.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Inherit the Stars →

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  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    Space opera, set in far future.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of All Judgment Fled
    All Judgment FledNovel

    James White · standalone novel · 1968

    Tense in tone.

    “From the front flap of the Rapp first edition: It is the spring of 1978 and a gigantic alien spaceship has entered the solar system and taken up an orbit some sixty million miles from the Sun.”

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  • Cover of Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
    Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

    series · 16 books · 1983

    Set in far future.

    “Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Engines of God →

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