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Solar System Opera
Space Opera thats largely set in the confines of the Solar System, on an interplanetary rather than an interstellar scale.
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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The Meat Market (Jonathan Harkon Adventures #1)
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
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The Martian
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Ilium (Ilium, #1)
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Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
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Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
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Artemis
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The Quiet War (The Quiet War, #1)
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Gardens of the Sun (The Quiet War, #2)
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Mesh: The Pioneers (Mesh - Book One, Part #1)
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The Rolling Stones
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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Earthlight
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Hellburner (The Company Wars, #5)
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The Precipice (The Grand Tour, #8; The Asteroid Wars, #1)
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Heavy Time (The Company Wars, #4)
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The Earth Gate
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Earth Force I
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2049 Contea di Clarke (Near Space, #2)
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The Minervan Experiment: Inherit the Stars; The Gentle Giants of Ganymede; Giant's Star
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Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2)
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DUALITY: The World of Lies
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The Dark Element (The Elemental Saga Book 1)
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Bajo un cielo anaranjado (Sistema Solar, #1)
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The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, 2)
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Martians Abroad
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Old Mars
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Horizons Unlimited: Volume 1: A Space Adventure Anthology
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
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A Miracle of Science
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Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
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This Corner of the Universe (TCOTU, #1 )
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Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 2
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Nel Labirinto della Notte (Near Space, #4)
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Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1)
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The Tastes of the Planets
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Descenso al infierno de Venus (Sistema Solar, #2)
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The Empress of Mars
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
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Pirates of Venus (Venus, #1)
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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
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Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact Part 3
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Lunar Dust, Martian Sands
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The Martian Race (Adventures of Viktor & Julia, #1)
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The Phoenix Exultant (Golden Age, #2)
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Renewal Edition, #1)
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Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
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Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)
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Terra Formars, Vol. 1
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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
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Imago (Xenogenesis, #3)
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Terra Formars Asimov Vol. 1
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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The Martian Way and Other Stories
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The Frozen Sky (Frozen Sky, #1)
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Discovery: A Rescue Sisters Novel
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The Thrilling Adventure Hour Presents: Sparks Nevada: Marshal On Mars #1
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Schismatrix Plus
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Last and First Men
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The Moon Platoon (Space Runners, #1)
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Martian Successor Nadesico Book 1
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The Sentinel
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Jane Carver of Waar (Jane Carver, #1)
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Imperial Earth
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Rocket Ship Galileo
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A Fall of Moondust
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Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans
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Buy Jupiter and other stories
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Daimones (Daimones Trilogy, #1)
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Heechee Saga, #2)
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Adam: A Close Encounter with a Cosmic Visitor
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Star Ka'at
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Judge Anderson: Childhood's End
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Jack Glass
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Rock Crazy
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Rochelle Weber (Goodreads Author)
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Feb 26, 2012 10:01AM
Most of the books I mark, to-read, I have read, but can't remember. The titles tell me if I liked them. If I didn't, I ignore them.
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