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Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
First contact and space opera, about space colonization, set in spaceship.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
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Imperial EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975
About cloning and space colonization, set in 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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A Meeting with MedusaSeries
series2 books1971
Challenging in tone, about immortality, set in outer planets & moons.
“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
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Memoirs of a SpacewomanNovel
Naomi Mitchisonstandalone novel1962
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, 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.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality.