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Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1961

Hard science fiction, tense and adventurous in tone, about survival.

“One of the high points of each tour is a cruise around the Sea of Thirst, a body of volcanic dust, in a specially designed vessel called the Selene On a perfectly routine voyage one day the Selene suddenly disappears.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958

Adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration.

“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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Rocket Ship GalileoNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1947

Adventurous in tone, about space exploration and coming of age.

“Three teenage boys do backyard experiments on powerful model rockets.”
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The Rolling StonesNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1952

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

“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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Rogue MoonNovel

Algis Budrysstandalone novel1960

Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about aliens and survival.

“A project to transport humans by matter transmission becomes the means to send explorers to the Moon when the US discovers an alien artifact on the dark side, but anyone who enters dies, so a hardened adventurer is given the job.”
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Luna (Ian McDonald)Series

series6 books2014

Tense and dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“McDonald builds the series around competing lunar houses, hard-vacuum survival, and the politics of a colony that answers to no Earth authority.”
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