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Imperial EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975
About cloning and space colonization, set in far future and outer planets & moons.
“The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, in large part as a diplomatic visit to the U.S. for its quincentennial in 2276, but also to have a clone of himself produced.”
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Childhood's EndNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953
First contact, bittersweet in tone, about aliens, set in our world.
ManifoldSeries
series8 books1997
Hard science fiction, challenging in tone.
“Stephen Baxter designed the trilogy to be read in any order, since it plays out across a multiverse rather than a single continuous timeline.”
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Steal Across the SkyNovel
Nancy Kressstandalone novel2009
First contact, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in other star systems.
“The aliens appeared one day, built a base on the moon, and put an ad on the internet.”
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OrbitalNovel
Samantha Harveystandalone novel2023
Literary & general, about loneliness, set in space station.
Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
Adventurous in tone, about space colonization, set in space station.
“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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