18 books like Janitors of the Late Space Age

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Hail Clang Aleksa Gajic · 2018 In the aftermath of mankind’s first major space conflict, a pair of stranded Space Engineers face a grave threat from the past buried in the red sands of Mars – a doomsday cult of the machine unlike any other. Meanwhile, a new, crooked moon is rising, one made of junk and metal. Its task: to knock humanity off its destined path to the stars. All hail Clang! This is a standalone sequel to the… Shares: Space stations, Military science fiction, Space ships, Space flight

The Skylark of Space Edward E. Smith · 1946 · ★ 3.7 · 241p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Skylark Series, Book 1 of 4 Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark. His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. They kidnap Seaton's fiancée and friends, unleashing a furious pursuit and igniting a burning… Shares: Space ships, Space flight, Science Fiction

New Dawn Chris Hechtl · 2009 It it always darkest before the dawn. For 700 years the scattered survivors of the Xeno-Federation war have known this. Sol and the core systems are gone. The scattered survivors on far flung worlds and space colonies must try to survive a universe gone mad. They have spent that time scratching an existence out of what ever they could. Those trapped aboard surviving space colonies waited until… Shares: Military science fiction, Space opera, Science Fiction

The Lost Fleet - Courageous Jack Campbell · 2011 The Alliance fleet is damaged and depleted after a series of violent clashes with their enemies, the Syndics. Captain "Black Jack" Geary fears that their adversaries are catching on to their tactics - can he persuade his weary fleet to attempt a potentially deadly gamble? Meanwhile Alliance intelligence gatherers alert Geary to the possibility of another potential antagonist in the war - a… Shares: Military science fiction, Space opera, Science Fiction

The Wreck of the River of Stars Michael Flynn · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Winner of the Robert A. Heinlein award, "a far-future, spacefaring universe packed with action. . . . is good challenging reading" (Booklist).In the days of the great sailing ships, in the mid-twenty-first century, when magnetic sails drew cargo and passengers alike to every corner of the solar system, sailors had the highest status of all spacemen, and the crew of the luxury liner the River of… Shares: Space flight, Space opera, Science Fiction

The Wreck of the River of Stars Michael Flynn · 2003 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Winner of the Robert A. Heinlein award, "a far-future, spacefaring universe packed with action. . . . is good challenging reading" (Booklist).In the days of the great sailing ships, in the mid-twenty-first century, when magnetic sails drew cargo and passengers alike to every corner of the solar system, sailors had the highest status of all spacemen, and the crew of the luxury liner the River of… Shares: Space flight, Space opera, Science Fiction

In the Lion's Mouth Michael Flynn · 2012 · ★ 3.9 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It's a big Spiral Arm, and the scarred man, Donavan buigh, has gone missing in it, upsetting the harper Mearana's plans for a reconciliation between her parents. Bridget ban, a Hound of the League, doubts that reconciliation is possible or desirable; but nonetheless has dispatched agents to investigate the disappearance. The powerful Ravn Olafsdottr, a Shadow of the Names, slips into… Shares: Space flight, Space opera, Science Fiction

Angels' bane Ryan Kunz · 2012 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Ten years ago, the rebel angels under Apollyon seized control of the Holy Galactic Imperium, slaying the emperor and his family and scattering the human defenders of the galaxy. While the human citizens of the Imperium chafe under the unholy rule of their conquerors, some dream of freedom. But what man can fight against the angels when an angel's mere presence immolates a human? When the… Shares: Space ships, Space opera, Science Fiction

I, Robot Isaac Asimov · 1950 · ★ 4.2 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate I, Robot is a fixup novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950 and were then compiled into a book for stand-alone publication by Gnome Press in 1950, in an initial edition of 5,000 copies. The stories are woven together by a… Shares: Space stations, Science Fiction

Beyond the frontier Jack Campbell · ★ 4.4 "The Alliance woke Captain John "Black Jack" Geary from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet in the century-long conflict against the Syndicate Worlds. Now Admiral Geary's victory has earned him the adoration of the people--and the enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be a very inconvenient thing. The war may be over, but Geary and his newly christened First Fleet have… Shares: Space ships, Space opera, Science Fiction

Seeker Jack McDevitt · 2005 · ★ 3.9 · 366p · ≈ 12h · Moderate In the far future when space travel is comm0nplace, antiquities dealers Alex and Chase find/sell artifacts, come across a cup from Seeker, a huge spaceship that left Earth 9,000 yrs earlier. They find the ship after a lot of work, but it raises more questions, and someone keeps trying to kill Alex and Chase . Shares: Space ships, Space opera

On the Razor's Edge Michael Flynn · 2013 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In Michael Flynn's thrilling space opera, On the Razor's Edge, the secret war among the Shadows of the Name is escalating, and there are hints that it is not so secret as the Shadows had thought. The scarred man, Donovan buigh, half honored guest and half prisoner, is carried deeper into the Confederation, all the way to Holy Terra herself, to help plan the rebel assault on the Secret City. If… Shares: Space flight, Space opera, Science Fiction

The Warship Neal L. Asher · 2019 · ★ 4.3 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The haiman Orlandine, charged with safeguarding lethal Jain tech swirling inside an accretion disc located in the distant reaches of space, has weaponised a black hole to eliminate the threat. But others are suspicious of her motives, and both the Polity AIs and the leaders of the alien prador kingdom dispatch fleets of warships in anticipation of conflict. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Die strahlende Kuppel / Götterdämmerung Karl-Herbert Scheer · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Translation of two volumes of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan which began publication in 1961. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Eyes of the Void Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2022 · ★ 4.2 Sequel to Shards of Earth. An Architect almost destroyed humanity's foremost colony, until Idris Telemmier turned it aside. But that was just the start of the war - and now no planet is safe. Ancient artefacts once repelled these vast aliens, but they are now terrifyingly ineffective. However, the ruins of a lost civilization offer hope. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Shadow Captain Alastair Reynolds · 2019 · ★ 3.8 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Bosa Sennen was a scourge of merchants and traders alike. A pirate who struck from the darkness, showed no mercy, and vanished without trace...and whose career was ended by the Ness sisters. They took her crew, her ship and ultimately also her life. Unfortunately for them, they have also taken on Bosa's fearsome reputation. Sequel to Revenger. Sequel to this is Bone Silence. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Das Mutanten-Korps Kurt Mahr · 1969 · ★ 3.5 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Translation of two volumes of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan which began publication in 1961. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Xeelee Stephen Baxter · 2017 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole. Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

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