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MesklinSeries
series6 books1954
completed
Science fiction and hard science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.
“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mission of Gravity →
Dragon's EggSeries
series3 books1980
completed
First contact.
Start with Dragon's Egg →
HeorotSeries
series4 books1987
About space colonization.
“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Legacy of Heorot →
Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Tense in tone, about coming of age.
“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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue
Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Icerigger Trilogy, Pip & Flinx, The Founding of the Commonwealth
Brion BranddSeries
series2 books1962
completed
Science fiction, about survival, set in far future and other star systems.
Start with Planet of the Damned →