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NovaNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968
About revenge, set in other star systems.
“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About space exploration and coming of age, set in spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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Legion of SpaceSeries
series7 books1947
completed
Set in other star systems.
“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Legion of Space →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
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
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
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.”
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Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth
Endless BlueNovel
Wen Spencerstandalone novel2007
Tense in tone, about space exploration and survival, set in other star systems.
“The appearance of the warp drive from a long lost spaceship, the Fenrir, triggers an epic quest fort he rest oft the ship, a mission led by Captain Mikhail Volkov.”
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