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  • Cover of Islands in the Sky
    Islands in the SkyNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1952

    Science fiction, about space colonization and space exploration, set in near future.

    “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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  • Cover of Vatta
    VattaUniverse

    universe · 10 books · 2003

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

    “Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Trading in Danger →

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    includes Vatta's War

  • Cover of On Stranger Tides
    On Stranger TidesNovel

    Tim Powers · standalone novel · 1987

    Historical fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in at sea and age of sail & 18th century.

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  • Cover of Gregg Haljan
    Gregg HaljanSeries

    series · 2 books · 1931

    completed

    Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, set in space.

    “Brigands of the Moon follows Gregg Haljan, an officer aboard the spaceship Planetara, after Martian pirates seize the ship to steal a rare cargo of moon ore vital to Earth's technology, forcing Gregg to turn pirate himself to win it back.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Brigands of the Moon →

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  • Cover of Pirate Latitudes
    Pirate LatitudesNovel

    Michael Crichton · standalone novel · 2009

    Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in latin america and renaissance and early modern.

    “HarperCollins published the book posthumously on November 26, 2009.”

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  • Cover of Lumar
    LumarSeries

    series · 1 book · 2023

    part of Cosmere

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world.

    “Tress of the Emerald Sea follows Tress, a young woman from a small island in a sea of deadly spores, who sets out on a rescue voyage across a corner of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere.”

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    Start with Tress of the Emerald Sea →

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