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Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1953

First contact, bittersweet in tone, about technological singularity, set in our world.

series3 books2005

Hard science fiction, set in other star systems.

“One night, the stars vanish behind an opaque membrane that has sealed off the Earth, and inside it time runs so much slower than the universe outside that billions of years pass beyond the barrier for every year lived on the ground.”
from the catalogue

Start with Spin →

The Martian ChroniclesSeries

series30 books1946

completed

About space colonization, set in mars.

Start with The Million Year Picnic →

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Time →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

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

Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)Series

series4 books1938

completed

About faith and religion, set in other star systems.

Start with Out of the Silent Planet →

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