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The City and the StarsNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1956
About immortality.
Imperial EarthNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975
Hard science fiction, about cloning and space colonization, set in 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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Tau ZeroNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1970
Hard science fiction and space opera, about survival, set in spaceship.
“During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' are damaged.”
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Against the Fall of NightSeries
series2 books1953
Science fiction, reflective in tone, about space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.
“Against the Fall of Night is Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel of a stagnant, climate-controlled city called Diaspar a billion years in Earth's future, where a young man named Alvin becomes the first in living memory to want to leave it.”
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Start with Against the Fall of Night →
Memoirs of a SpacewomanNovel
Naomi Mitchisonstandalone novel1962
About aliens.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars