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  • Cover of Sparrow
    SparrowSeries

    series · 2 books · 1996

    About aliens and faith and religion, set in other star systems.

    “The title refers to Gospel of Matthew 10:29–31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowledge thereof.”

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    Andy Weir · standalone novel · 2021

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    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens.

    “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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  • Cover of Childhood's End
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    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    Bittersweet in tone, about aliens and technological singularity, set in our world.

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    StarplexNovel

    Robert J. Sawyer · standalone novel · 1996

    Space opera, about aliens and war, set in other star systems.

    “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 A Different Light
    A Different LightNovel

    Elizabeth A. Lynn · standalone novel · 1978

    Space opera, bittersweet in tone, about loneliness, set in far future.

    “Twenty if he stayed in space-normal, where his disease could be treated.”

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