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  • Cover of Imperial Earth
    Imperial EarthNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1975

    About cloning and space colonization, set in far future and outer planets & moons.

    “The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its quincentennial in 2276, but also to have a clone of himself produced.”

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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

    “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
    Starman JonesNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1953

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, set in far future.

    “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 The City and the Stars
    The City and the StarsNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1956

    About immortality, set in other star systems and far future.

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  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    Space opera, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

    “The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gateway →

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  • Cover of The Fountains of Paradise
    The Fountains of ParadiseNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1979

    Hard science fiction, hopeful in tone, set in far future and space station.

    “Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of a space elevator.”

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