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This ImmortalSeries
series2 books1966
Post-apocalyptic, reflective in tone, about aliens and colonialism.
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, about space exploration, set in space and spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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Start with Foundation →
includes Trantorian Empire, The Positronic Robot Stories, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories)
Pax / AstraSeries
series2 books1954
completed
Tense in tone, about survival.
“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Stars Are Ours! →
Ready Player OneSeries
series3 books2011
About virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world and near future.
“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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Start with Ready Player One →
Tunnel in the SkyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955
Tense in tone, about survival and space exploration, set in other star systems.
“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
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