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Islands in the SkyNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1952
About space colonization, set in space station.
“Clarke wrote the story as a travelogue of human settlement of cislunar space in the last half of the twenty-first century.”
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Prelude to SpaceNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1951
Set in the moon.
The Hammer of GodNovel
Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1993
Tense in tone, 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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Encounter with TiberNovel
John Barnes & Buzz Aldrinstandalone novel1996
First contact, about aliens.
“A working title, used on some advance covers for the British edition, was The Tides of Tiber.”
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Minervan Experiment / GiantsSeries
series5 books1977
completed
Mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in far future.
“The Giants series is a quintet of science fiction novels by James P. Hogan, published between 1977 and 2005.”
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Dragon's EggSeries
series3 books1980
completed
First contact, about aliens, set in far future.
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