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Man PlusSeries
series2 books1976
About robots.
“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
from the catalogue
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Red PlanetNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1949
About aliens and coming of age, set in far future.
“A boy colonist on Mars takes his bouncing ball Martian pet with him to boarding school, but the new Headmaster is a controlling tyrant.”
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The Martian ChroniclesSeries
series30 books1946
completed
Reflective in tone.
Start with The Million Year Picnic →
Cities in FlightSeries
series10 books1950
completed
Space opera, set in space and far future.
“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with They Shall Have Stars →
Troy RisingSeries
series4 books2010
Space opera, about aliens, set in space and far future.
“John Ringo's military science fiction trilogy, joined for a later volume by Gray Rinehart, follows the buildup and battles around that station as humanity arms itself against alien threats.”
from the catalogue
Start with Live Free or Die →
H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse
universe65 books1898
Alien invasion.
“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue
Start with The War of the Worlds →
includes The War of the Worlds