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To the Stars (Leinster)Series
series3 books1953
completed
Science fiction, tense and adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in near future and the moon.
“In the shed men are building an object that can change the history of mankind.”
from the catalogue
Start with Space Platform →
RamaUniverse
universe7 books1973
About aliens, set in 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)
Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space colonization and space exploration, set in near future and space.
“Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”
from the catalogue
Man PlusSeries
series2 books1976
About robots.
“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Man Plus →
The MartianSeries
series2 books2012
Hopeful in tone, about survival, set in our world.
“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Martian →
A Fall of MoondustNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1961
About survival.
“One of the high points of each tour is a cruise around the Sea of Thirst, a body of volcanic dust, in a specially designed vessel called the Selene On a perfectly routine voyage one day the Selene suddenly disappears.”
from the catalogue