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    ThistledownSeries

    series · 5 books · 1978

    completed

    Hard science fiction, set in far future.

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    ManifoldSeries

    series · 8 books · 1997

    Hard science fiction.

    “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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    Start with Time →

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    A Meeting with MedusaSeries

    series · 2 books · 1971

    Hard science fiction, about immortality, set in far future and outer planets & moons.

    “Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Meeting with Medusa →

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    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    First contact, about faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.

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    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, about survival.

    “One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”

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    Blindsight / FirefallSeries

    series · 3 books · 2006

    Hard science fiction and first contact, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence.

    Start with Blindsight →

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