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Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
About space exploration and coming of age, set in other star systems.
“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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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Space opera, about revenge and identity, set in space.
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
About aliens, set in other star systems and space.
“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 Icerigger Trilogy, Pip & Flinx, The Founding of the Commonwealth
MindswapNovel
Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1966
About body swap and aliens, set in space and other star systems.
The Wind Whales of IshmaelNovel
Philip José Farmerstandalone novel1971
Post-apocalyptic, about last of their kind.
“Ishmael, lone survivor of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, falls through a rift in time and space to a future Earth--an earth that no longer has seas to sail or a safe harbor to call home.”
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DeathworldSeries
series4 books1960
completed
About space colonization, set in other star systems.
“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
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Start with Deathworld →