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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
Bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity and identity, set in our world.
Steal Across the SkyNovel
Nancy Kressstandalone novel2009
Set in the moon.
“The aliens appeared one day, built a base on the moon, and put an ad on the internet.”
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All Judgment FledNovel
James Whitestandalone novel1968
Tense in tone.
“From the front flap of the Rapp first edition: It is the spring of 1978 and a gigantic alien spaceship has entered the solar system and taken up an orbit some sixty million miles from the Sun.”
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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about survival, set in the moon.
“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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HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Space opera, set in far future.
“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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StarplexNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel1996
Space opera, tense in tone, about war, set in spaceship.
“For nearly twenty years Earth's space exploration had exploded outward, thanks to a series of mysterious, artificial wormholes.”
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