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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    Set in space and spaceship.

    “Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

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    includes Rama (2)

  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots, set in far future.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

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    includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Trantorian Empire, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)

  • Cover of Voyagers (Ben Bova)
    Voyagers (Ben Bova)Series

    series · 4 books · 1981

    completed

    Science fiction and first contact, set in near future.

    “Even if he loses the only woman he's ever really loved.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Voyagers →

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  • Cover of Cradle
    CradleNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee · standalone novel · 1988

    About robots, set in north america and underwater.

    “The premise of the novel is the contact between a few humans from the Miami area in 1994 and the super robots of a damaged space ship submerged off the Florida coast.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
    Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1961

    About faith and religion and psychic powers, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Cavor
    CavorSeries

    series · 2 books · 1901

    About space exploration, set in the moon and early 20th century.

    “H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The First Men in the Moon →

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