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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, 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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  • Cover of Sparrow
    SparrowSeries

    series · 2 books · 1996

    About faith and religion and grief and loss.

    “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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  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    Reflective in tone, about faith and religion and identity, set in north america.

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  • Cover of The Host
    The HostNovel

    Stephenie Meyer · standalone novel · 2008

    Romance, about body swap and survival, set in our world.

    “The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.”

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  • Cover of The Winds of Altair
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    Ben Bova · standalone novel · 1973

    About space colonization and identity.

    “Even before the human scientists arrived at the sixth planet of Altair they knew they had their work cut out for them.”

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    Michel Faber · standalone novel · 2014

    Reflective in tone, about faith and religion and loneliness.

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