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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About coming of age.
“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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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Dark in tone, about revenge and survival.
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
About coming of age and slavery.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
from the catalogue
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
Tau ZeroNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1970
Hard science fiction, about survival, set in deep space.
“During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' are damaged.”
from the catalogue
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 →