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Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
About aliens.
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About space exploration, set in spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Tense in tone.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
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includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
About slavery.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Tense in tone, about slavery.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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