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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress and Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein
The Chanur Saga and The Foreigner Sequence by C. J. Cherryh; oh hell, all of her science fiction is good
The Bolo books by Keith Laumer and his successors
The Old Man's War series by John Scalzi
Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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These are all books that I re-read time and again. I have had to ration myself how often I go back to them so that they don't get stale.
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In no particular order:
The Foundation series (Isaac Asimov)
The Robot books (Isaac Asimov)
Dragon's Egg & its sequel Starquake (Robert L. Forward)
Rocheworld & its sequels (Robert L. Forward)
Camelot 30K (Robert L. Forward)
The Dune series (Frank Herbert)
Ringworld and its sequels (Larry Niven)
Rama (but not the sequels) (Arthur C. Clarke)
Some of Harry Turtledove's alternate history books
The Mesklin series (Hal Clement)
The Riverworld series (Philip Jose Farmer)
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Interesting. For me, everything you cited is classified as fantasy rather than science fiction. I'm not judging (I say toe-may-toe, you say toe-mah-toe), but I'm curious that you group them together.
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: For me, everything you cited is classified as fantasy rather than science fiction
Tis, more elves and dwarfs, but still spanning multiple planets. Sometimes they overlap, and while I prefer SciFi over fantasy, I loved those books.
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Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks Tolkien is Fantasy rather than Science Fiction  And it's not a pejorative comment, I really liked LotR.
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I like some fantasy, LotR included. I no longer have the patience though to read the 1,000 page paperbacks with countless subplots, author-created pseudo-languages, and the quests that take 15 or 20 books to resolve. My preference nowadays is for urban fantasy from authors like A. Lee Martinez[^], N. K. Jemisin[^], and Jim Butcher[^].
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tooo many to count. I read them like they are water.
I agree on i-robot and Asimov. Fantastic author, book and series.
Lately I have been enjoying a series by Christopher Nuttall Empires Corps. Interesting political angle he has.
I really loved alot of Jack Vance books. Ports of Call standing out right now in my memory.
Timothy Zahn's Cobra soldier series is kind of an interesting premise
Jack McDevitt's books are a fun current read.
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Shouldn't there be a spoiler alert here ?
There should not.
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Not really a spoiler the first sentance of the book is: "The moon blew up with out warning and for no apparent reason"
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I cannot believe you just spoiled me a whole line of the story. 
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Are you sure it exploded, not just left the solar system[^] in a hurry?
As any fule kno, Green Cheese is not in the habit of exploding.
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Read it a few years back, and enjoyed it. 
IIRC, there was some sort of "magic bullet" particle from outside of the solar system which caused the initial fracture, and the fragments then collided with each other repeatedly, producing ever smaller fragments.
I don't think the original cause was ever explained.
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I liked it.
But I felt the end was rushed; I wanted to know more about the other survivors.
I'd rather be phishing!
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glennPattonContracting2 wrote: waiting for the last Expanse
Same here. I read the entire series last fall. I've been standing here tapping my foot ever since.
FWIW, I also bought the series on BluRay. Very good so far, and I hope they continue.
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Haven't watched the latest season on Amazon yet. I always try not to get to invested in a series that hasn't been completed for this reason.
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Agreed. I'll wait until it comes out on BluRay and buy it. "Watch once" movies and series I'll watch on streaming, but for stuff I really like and will watch again, I go ahead and buy media.
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Plane to Nepal? (7)
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I'm sure you're setting me up.
It's not anagram again?
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Yay! It is indeed, so you are up Monday.
I figured a nice easy end to the week, and I liked it! 
I thought it'd either get solved immediately, or last forever ...
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lol, totally messed with my head . I was so sure it wasn't the answer I almost wasn't going to post. You're always keeping us on our toes.
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Care to elaborate ?
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