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  • Cover of Red Planet
    Red PlanetNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1949

    About space colonization and coming of age, set in mars and far future.

    “A boy colonist on Mars takes his bouncing ball Martian pet with him to boarding school, but the new Headmaster is a controlling tyrant.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    Set in far future and space.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

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

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, about space exploration, set in near future.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Space Beagle
    Space BeagleSeries

    series · 5 books · 1939

    completed

    Space opera, set in far future and spaceship.

    Start with Black Destroyer →

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  • Cover of Tripods
    TripodsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1967

    completed

    Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

    “The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with When the Tripods Came →

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  • Cover of The Puppet Masters
    The Puppet MastersNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1951

    Alien invasion, about survival, set in mid 20th century and north america.

    “Parasitical aliens attach themselves to human hosts and take over their bodies.”

    from the catalogue

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