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Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
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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StarplexNovel
Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel1996
Space opera, mysterious in tone, set in spaceship and other star systems.
“For nearly twenty years Earth's space exploration had exploded outward, thanks to a series of mysterious, artificial wormholes.”
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All Judgment FledNovel
James Whitestandalone novel1968
Mysterious in tone.
“From the front flap of the Rapp first edition: It is the spring of 1978 and a gigantic alien spaceship has entered the solar system and taken up an orbit some sixty million miles from the Sun.”
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The Hammer of GodNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1993
Hard science fiction, about survival, set in asteroid belt.
“Set in the year 2109, it deals with the discovery of an asteroid to be on course to collide with Earth and depicts the mission for deflecting the asteroid by using fusion thermal rockets.”
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Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
Dark in tone, about survival.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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EaterNovel
Gregory Benfordstandalone novel2000
Hard science fiction, about grief and loss.
“Benjamin Knowlton heads the High Energy Astrophysics Center, a prestigious research facility devoted to the interpretation of astronomical data.”
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