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universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, Fleet School, First Formic War, Second Formic War

SongmasterSeries

series3 books1978

About music.

“Ansset is a boy with a singing voice so perfect it can reach straight into people's emotions, raised from infancy at the Songhouse to become a 'Songbird' -- a living gift bestowed on the powerful until he comes of age.”
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Start with Mikal's Songbird →

Citizen of the GalaxyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957

Space opera, about identity and slavery, set in space.

“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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Tunnel in the SkyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955

Adventurous in tone, about survival and space exploration.

“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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Second Starfaring AgeSeries

series2 books1983

Space opera, set in space.

“The Void Captain's Tale takes place three or four thousand years in the future in an era called the Second Starfaring Age, a setting Spinrad revisited in the 1985 novel Child of Fortune.”
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Start with The Void Captain's Tale →

Starman JonesNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953

Adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in space.

“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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