Solar
Sci-Fi:
In our solar system.
In the not so distant future |
White
Mars
Brian Aldiss -2000
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The Precipice (Asteroid
Wars, Book 1)
by Ben Bova - 2001
Amazon US
UK
More Bova books:
The
Rock Rats (The Asteroid Wars, Book 2) - 2002
Jupiter
- 2001
Venus
- 2000
Colony
- 1999
Moonrise
-1998
Moonwar
- 1998
Mars
-1993
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Martian
Race - 1999 (UK)
Gregory Benford
Heart
of the Comet - 1987
Jupiter
Project - 1975
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Stephen
Baxter
Voyage
- 1997
Titan
- 1998
Moonseed
- 1998
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Paul J. McAuley
Red
Dust -1994
The
Secret of Life
- 2001(UK)
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Ray
Bradbury
Martian
Chronicles - 1950
Illustrated
Man - 1951
The
Stories of Ray Bradbury - 1980
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Arthur
C. Clarke
The
Collected Stories of
Arthur C. Clarke - 2001
Earthlight
- 1955
2001
A Space
Odyssey - 1968
Hammer
of God - 1993
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Hal
Clement
The
Essential Hal Clement - 1999
Half
Life - 1999
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Robert
Heinlein
Space
Cadet - 1948
Farmer
in the Sky - 1950
Rolling
Stones - 1952
Have
Spacesuit Will Travel - 1958
The
Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - 1966
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Frederick Turner
Genesis: An Epic Poem
- 1988
Amazon: US
An tale of the settlement and terraforming
of Mars presented in a dramatic epic poetry style.
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Jerry
Pournelle
Birth
of Fire - 1987
Starswarm
: A Jupiter Novel - 1998
Lucifer's
Hammer with Larry Niven - 1983
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Homer Hickam
Back to the Moon - 1999
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Kim
Stanley Robinson
Red
Mars - 1993
Green
Mars - 1995
Blue
Mars - 1997
Martians
- 1999
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Tony Daniel
Metaplanetary: A Novel of Interplanetary
Civil War
- 2001
Elaborate tale of solar system society and conflict in the
solar system a thousand years from now.
Amazon: US
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Other Solar sci-fi
Ignition
by K. J. Anderson, D. Beason - 1998
Jumping
Off the Planet by David Gerrold - 2000 [Heinlein style
juvenile]
Moving
Mars by Greg Bear - 1994
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James
P. Hogan
Bug
Park - 1997
Star
Child - 1998
Outward
Bound - 1999
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Sex
and Violence in Zero-G
Allen Steele, Ron Miller - 1999
Amazon: US
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Saturn's
Race by Larry Niven, Steve Barnes - 2000
The
Collapsium by Wil McCarthy - 2000
The
Return by Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes - 2000
Genesis
by Poul Anderson - 2000
Mars
Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis - 2000
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Tom Sylvester
The Hohmann Transfer
- 1999
The movie Space
Cowboys
was based on this novel.
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Dark Matter
Sheree R. Thomas (Editor)
anthology - 2000
Amazon: US
UK
Anthology of African-American
speculative fiction with contributions spanning from the late
19th century to the present.
"This anthology's critical
and historical importance is indisputable. But that's not
why it will prove to be the best anthology of 2000 in both
the speculative and the literary fiction fields. It's because
the stories are great: entertaining, imaginative, insightful,
sharply characterized, and beautifully written." - Amazon
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The
Rocket Men
Daniel Cline, Steven Ziplow
Audio tapes
US
UK
"Set in the late 40's, this entertaining, full-cast science
fiction melodrama give us Howard Hughes throwing his hat into
the ring of the Cold War space race. The producer has carefully
and effectively orchestrated production values to augment lackluster
performances. The script boasts some high adventure and flashes
of humor, as well as the usual sci-fi conceits." - AudioFile |
Science
Fiction of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Adam Starchild (Editor) - 1979
Amazon: US
UK |
Oxygen
Randall Ingermanson,
John B. Olson - 2001
Amazon: US
UK
Explosion cripples a spacecraft on a
voyage to Mars. The crew's survival depends on complete trust
in one another—but is one of the four the saboteur?
The Fifth Man
Randall Ingermanson,
John B. Olson - 2002
Amazon: US
UK
In the sequel to Oxygen, the crew tries
to devise a way to return
to earth.
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As It Is On Mars
Thomas William Cronin - 2001
Amazon: US
UK
The Kasei Valley becomes the "spectacular
setting for the drama following the catastrophic failure of
NASA's first manned mission to Mars" |
Moon
Shots
Anthology of Moon stories to commemorate 30th anniversary of
Apollo 11 landing - authors include Brian Aldiss, Alan Dean
Foster, Ian McDonald, Robert Scheckley and Gene Wolfe - 1999 |
William Hartmann
Mars
Underground - 1997
The Secret of
Life
Paul J. McAuley - June 2001
Amazon: US
UK
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Aurora 7
Thomas Mallon - 1991
reprinted several times
Amazon: US
The author interweaves the lives of many characters
around the world on the day of May 24, 1962 when Scott Carpenter
orbits the earth in his Aurora 7 Mercury capsule.
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Space
Sci-Fi:
Analysis, History, & Perspectives |
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Greetings,
Carbon-Based Bipeds!
Arthur C. Clarke
Ian MacAuley (Editor) -1999
Amazon: US
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Space
Travel
Ben Bova - 1997 - survey by the sci-fi author.
Amazon: US
UK |
THE
ASCENT OF WONDER: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction
edt. D. G. Hartwell & K. Cramer - 1997
Amazon: US
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Skylife : Space Habitats
in Story and Science
Gregory Benford (Ed), George Zebrowski (Ed) -2000
Amazon:
US
UK
'Skylife'
Could Be Definitive Look at Space Environments - Space.com
- Mar.13.00
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Designs
on Space
Blueprints for 21st Century Space Exploration
Richard Wagner & Howard Cook - 2000
Amazon: US
UK
Review of current space technologies and those just over the
horizon. |
Spaceship Handbook
Jack Hagerty,
Jon C. Rogers - 2001
Amazon: US
UK
All about spaceship designs in both
sci-fi and actual aerospace. Great for modelers but also for
anyone interested in the history of spaceship concepts.
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2001: Building for
Space Travel
John Zukowsky (Ed.), James N. Wood - 2001
Amazon: US
UK
"From the prophetic vision
of a lunar voyage in Fritz Lang's science fiction film Woman
in the Moon to the multistage rocket that propelled astronauts
to the moon 40 years later, this bold, original work examines
design for space travel in both fantasy and reality. A breathtaking
look at the structures built to follow humankind's dreams
out into the cosmos, it accompanies an exhibition at the Art
Institute of Chicago and at the Museum of Flight in Seattle."
- book description
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