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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    Set in far future.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

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    Start with Ringworld →

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  • Cover of Starman Jones
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    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1953

    About coming of age, set in far future and spaceship.

    “Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    About survival, set in near future and the moon.

    “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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  • Cover of Humanx Commonwealth
    Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1972

    Set in far future.

    “Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with For Love of Mother-Not →

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  • Cover of The Colors of Space
    The Colors of SpaceNovel

    Marion Zimmer Bradley · standalone novel · 1963

    Mysterious in tone, set in far future.

    “The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”

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  • Cover of Arcot, Morey and Wade
    Arcot, Morey and WadeSeries

    series · 7 books · 1930

    completed

    Set in far future.

    “The books follow the same trio of scientist-adventurers through escalating, gadget-driven space adventures typical of early Golden Age SF, continuing through Islands of Space and Invaders from the Infinite.”

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    Start with The Black Star Passes →

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