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CradleNovel
Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Leestandalone novel1988
About robots, set in north america and underwater.
“The premise of the novel is the contact between a few humans from the Miami area in 1994 and the super robots of a damaged space ship submerged off the Florida coast.”
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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
Bittersweet and reflective in tone, about technological singularity and identity.
Minervan Experiment / GiantsSeries
series5 books1977
completed
Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in far future.
“The Giants series is a quintet of science fiction novels by James P. Hogan, published between 1977 and 2005.”
from the catalogue
Start with Inherit the Stars →
The Themis FilesSeries
series3 books2015
Tense in tone, about robots, set in contemporary.
“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sleeping Giants →
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.
RamaUniverse
universe7 books1973
Set in space and spaceship.
“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue
Start with Rendezvous with Rama →
includes Rama (2)