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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
Set in space station.
“Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”
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Cities in FlightSeries
series10 books1950
completed
Space opera, set in far future.
“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about aliens 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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Podkayne of MarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963
Space opera, about coming of age and political intrigue.
“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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The Rolling StonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1952
Lighthearted in tone, set in the moon.
“The Stone family, lunar-born, technically minded, and perpetually restless, buy a secondhand spaceship and set off from the Moon on a family tour of the solar system.”
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The Sands of MarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1951
Hard science fiction, about terraforming, set in mars.