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universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor, funny in tone.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

The Sirens of TitanNovel

Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1959

Space opera, funny in tone, about aliens, set in mars.

Starman JonesNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“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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Imperial EarthNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1975

Reflective in tone, 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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HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

Space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →

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