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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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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space colonization, 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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The Rolling StonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1952
Lighthearted in tone.
“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 Stainless Steel RatSeries
series21 books1957
completed
Space opera, set in far future.
“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
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The Crimson DeathbringerSeries
series1 book2019
Space opera and military science fiction, about aliens and war.
“Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”
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The Road to MarsNovel
Eric Idlestandalone novel1999
Humor, set in mars.