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series2 books2012

Hopeful in tone, about space exploration, set in mars.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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Start with The Martian →

A Fall of MoondustNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1961

Adventurous in tone, set in the moon.

“One of the high points of each tour is a cruise around the Sea of Thirst, a body of volcanic dust, in a specially designed vessel called the Selene On a perfectly routine voyage one day the Selene suddenly disappears.”
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Farnham's FreeholdNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964

Post-apocalyptic and time travel, about race and racism, set in north america.

Rogue MoonNovel

Algis Budrysstandalone novel1960

About aliens, set in the moon.

“A project to transport humans by matter transmission becomes the means to send explorers to the Moon when the US discovers an alien artifact on the dark side, but anyone who enters dies, so a hardened adventurer is given the job.”
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DarwinSeries

series2 books1999

completed

About genetic engineering and plague and pandemic, set in north america.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
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Start with Darwin's Radio →

Under PressureNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1956

Thriller & suspense, dark in tone, about madness.

“FOUR MEN Fighting a war a mile and half under the ocean, isolated by the unrelenting pressure of the water and by their own hellish fears...”
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