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Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
Reflective in tone, about redemption.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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A World Called SolitudeNovel
Stephen Goldinstandalone novel1981
Reflective in tone, about loneliness and robots.
“Birk Aaland is a refugee from Earth's tyrannical government.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
Space opera, tense in tone, about political intrigue.
“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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Cards of GriefNovel
Jane Yolenstandalone novel1984
Reflective in tone, about grief and loss.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
Cycle of FireNovel
Hal Clementstandalone novel1957
Hard science fiction, reflective and tense in tone, about friendship.
“After his ship crashed on the inhospitable planet Abyorman, Nils Kruger had spent weeks wandering across the face of the planet.suffering from blistering heat, the searing cold of an alien climate.”
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