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Damnation AlleyNovel
Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1969
Post-apocalyptic, set in near future.
“A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977.”
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TimelineNovel
Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1999
Tense in tone, about expeditions, set in europe and medieval.
Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about aliens, 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.”
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Hello AmericaNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1981
Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse and expeditions, set in far future.
“The plot follows an expedition to a North America rendered uninhabitable by an ecological disaster following an energy crisis.”
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Farmer in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1950
Hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in outer planets & moons.
“A family emigrates to the new colony on Ganymede, but the existing colonists do not have the resources to support a flood of immigrants.”
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CavorSeries
series2 books1901
About space exploration and aliens, set in the moon.
“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
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