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series2 books2012

Hopeful in tone, set in mars and our world.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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Start with The Martian →

Heart of the CometNovel

David Brin & Gregory Benfordstandalone novel1986

Adventurous in tone.

A Fall of MoondustNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1961

Adventurous in tone, set in the moon.

“One of the high points of each tour is a cruise around the Sea of Thirst, a body of volcanic dust, in a specially designed vessel called the Selene On a perfectly routine voyage one day the Selene suddenly disappears.”
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The Hammer of GodNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1993

Set in asteroid belt.

“Set in the year 2109, it deals with the discovery of an asteroid to be on course to collide with Earth and depicts the mission for deflecting the asteroid by using fusion thermal rockets.”
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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens, set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

includes Rama (2)

Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens.

“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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