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The Martian

Andy Weir · 383 pages

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long be

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Seveneves

Neal Stephenson · 861 pages

"What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers th

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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Dennis E. Taylor · 322 pages

Space ExplorationFirst ContactScientist ProtagonistHopeful
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Sphere

Michael Crichton · 384 pages

A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has been discovered resting on the ocean floor in the middle of the South Pacific. What they find defines their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship of phenomenal dimensions, apparently, undamaged by its fall from the sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred years old

First ContactScientist ProtagonistSpace ExplorationSurvival Story
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Have Space Suit—Will Travel

Robert A. Heinlein · 256 pages

First ContactSpace ExplorationPlot-DrivenHopeful
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Contact

Carl Sagan · 432 pages

In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future -- and our own.

First ContactScientist ProtagonistSpace ExplorationHopeful
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The Sunlit Man (Cosmere)

Brandon Sanderson · 447 pages

Race Against TimeReluctant HeroSurvival StoryHopeful
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Encounter with Tiber

Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes · 563 pages

It is a chronicle of two grand quests, two dynasties of heroes. A new space race is sparked by a bitter feud between scientist-astronaut Chris Terence and visionary entrepreneur Sig Jarlsbourg: two enemies determined to claim the frontier blazed by the Apollo pioneers. But a radio beacon from deep space, from a world called Tiber, will bring both men together - and lead one to his doom. Solving t

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Orbiter

Warren Ellis · 104 pages

When the space shuttle Venture returns to Earth after a ten year disappearance with all of its crew missing except for the catatonic pilot and with substantial changes to the ship, a team of three specialists must discover what happened.

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Inferno

Dan Brown · 624 pages

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s mo

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Out of the Silent Planet

C.S. Lewis · 174 pages

The first book in Lewis's Space Trilogy, *Out of the Silent Planet* tells the story of Dr. Elwin Ransom, a philologist who likes to explore the English countryside on foot. Seeking out a place to stay the night, he ends up at the estate of a colleague who is away in London. However, the house is not empty. Ransom stumbles upon the plot of a megalomaniacal scientist and his collaborator, who jus

First ContactScientist ProtagonistSpace ExplorationScience Fiction
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The Butcher's Masquerade

Matt Dinniman · 720 pages

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Carl and Princess Donut refuse to be prey in the fifth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition! Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose. Run, Run, Run. A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebra

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Remanence

Jennifer Foehner Wells · 450 pages

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The Frozen Sky

Jeff Carlson · 348 pages

First ContactScientist ProtagonistSpace ExplorationSurvival Story
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Fantastic Voyage

Isaac Asimov · 186 pages

The incredible journey of a microscopic crew inside a dying man’s body. The team aims to destroy a blood clot in the man’s brain using a miniaturized submarine.

Race Against TimeScientist ProtagonistSpace ExplorationScience Fiction
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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton · 432 pages

Amnesiac ProtagonistRace Against TimeAmnesia PlotPlot-Driven
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Mickey 7

Edward Ashton · 369 pages

First ContactSurvival StoryNonlinear NarrativePlot-Driven
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Chindi

Jack McDevitt · 403 pages

The universe has been explored--and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal. Is it the final programmed gasp of an ancient, long-dead race? Or the first greeting of an undiscovered life form?

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Startide Rising

David Brin · 462 pages

The exploration vessel Streaker (the first starship designed and crewed by dolphins) discovers evidence on the planet Kithrup of the fate of the Progenitors. Above them dozens of galactic races vie to seize the information for their own advancement.

First ContactSpace ExplorationSurvival StoryPlot-Driven
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Ringkasan Novel - Proyek Salam Maria

Eagle Oseven · 72 pages

Seorang astronot tunggal harus menyelamatkan bumi dari bencana dalam film thriller berbasis sains baru yang luar biasa ini dari penulis buku terlaris # 1 New York Times The Martian. (Bab 1 – Bab 30) Ryland Grace adalah satu-satunya yang selamat dalam misi putus asa, kesempatan terakhir - dan jika dia gagal, umat manusia dan bumi itu sendiri akan binasa. Kecuali itu sekarang, dia tidak tahu itu. Di

AstronautsScientist ProtagonistFirst ContactAmnesia Plot
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Jules Verne · 248 pages

Three explorers descend to the center of the earth, where they encounter tumultuous storms, wild prehistoric animals, and fierce cavemen.

Scientist ProtagonistSurvival StoryRace Against TimeScience Fiction
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Code to Zero

Ken Follett · 425 pages

Un hombre se despierta aterrorizado: sufre una especie de resaca y no tiene la menor idea ni de quién es ni de cómo ha llegado hasta estos inmundos baños públicos. Cuando encuentra un periódico descubre que es el 29 de enero de 1958, y la noticia del día es el tercer intento de lanzar el Explorer, el primer satélite espacial estadounidense. Si el lanzamiento resulta fallido una vez más, la URSS do

Race Against TimeSpace ExplorationAmnesiac ProtagonistAmnesia Plot
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Saturn Run

John Sandford, Ctein · 635 pages

"The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope--something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don't decelerate. Spaceships do. A flurry of top-level government meetings produces the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built that ship is at least one hundred years ahead in hard and soft technology, and whoever can get their hands on it ex

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