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Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952

Adventurous in tone, about space colonization and space exploration, set in space.

“Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”
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ColonyNovel

Ben Bovastandalone novel1978

Dystopia, about space colonization and survival.

“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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GravityNovel

Tess Gerritsenstandalone novel1999

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and space exploration.

“Medical thriller set aboard the International Space Station where astronauts are dying one by one from a mysterious disease.”
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The Trikon DeceptionNovel

Ben Bova & Bill Poguestandalone novel1992

Hard science fiction, tense in tone, about genetic engineering and space colonization.

“The Trikon is a shared industrial space laboratory that was built in orbit, designed as the only risk-free environment for genetic experiments too controversial or dangerous to be performed on Earth.”
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Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in north america.

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