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Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Tense in tone, about survival.
“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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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
About identity and slavery.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
About war.
Space WinnersNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1965
Tense in tone, about survival.
“Suddenly Jim Rawlins, Ellen Bouvier, Curt Harrington, and the squirrel-like Alien philosopher Peep were castaways, stranded on the Quarantined World of Quebahr - with no training, and little hope of rescue.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Tense in tone, about survival, set in near future and the moon.
“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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