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Time for the StarsNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in space.
“Explorer spaceships need a way to communicate back to earth in a timely manner when they are light years away.”
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, about space exploration, set in space and far future.
“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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A Tale of Time CityNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1987
Mysterious in tone, about quests, set in early 20th century.
“In 1939 an eleven-year-old London girl is kidnapped to Time City, a place existing outside the stream of time and manipulating the history of humanity, where she finds the inhabitants facing their worst hour of crisis.”
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Justice TrilogySeries
series3 books1978
completed
Science fiction, about psychic powers, set in otherworld.
Start with Justice and Her Brothers →
TransitNovel
Edmund Cooperstandalone novel1964
About transported to another world and survival, set in secondary world.
“As a human being - an Earthman - Richard Avery was not particularly successful.”
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The Ear, the Eye, and the ArmNovel
Nancy Farmerstandalone novel1989
Set in africa and far future.