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Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Tense in tone, about coming of age, set in other star systems.
“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
from the catalogue
The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Space opera, about revenge and identity, set in other star systems.
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Space opera, tense in tone, about aliens, set in spaceship.
Start with Black Destroyer →
Pax / AstraSeries
series2 books1954
completed
Tense in tone.
“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Stars Are Ours! →
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
About aliens, set in 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
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, set in other star systems.
“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