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
Cover of The Wreck of the River of Stars
The Wreck of the River of Stars Michael Flynn · 2003 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Space flight, Space opera, Science Fiction with this book.
Cover of The Wreck of the River of Stars
The Wreck of the River of Stars Michael Flynn · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Space flight, Space opera, Science Fiction with this book.
Cover of The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space Edward E. Smith · 1946 · ★ 3.7 · 241p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 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
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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
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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
Cover of In the Lion's Mouth
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
Cover of Empire of the Fallen
Empire of the Fallen Richard Swan · 2017 · 474p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Space opera, Science Fiction with this book.
Cover of I Dare
I Dare Sharon Lee · 2002 · ★ 4.9 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Space opera, Science Fiction with this book.
Cover of Das Mutanten-Korps
Das Mutanten-Korps Kurt Mahr · 1969 · 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
Cover of Up Jim River
Up Jim River Michael Flynn · 2010 **Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award-winning SF writer Michael Flynn returns to space opera with *Up Jim River*.** There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world out beyond Die Bold. It is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose… Shares Space opera, Science Fiction
Cover of Die strahlende Kuppel / Götterdämmerung
Die strahlende Kuppel / Götterdämmerung Karl-Herbert Scheer · 1969 · 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
Victims of the Nova
Victims of the Nova John Brunner · 1989 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The Complete Zarathustra Trilogy When the star Zarathustra went nova, the desperate survivors packed themselves into spaceships and fled in all directions. Habitable worlds were few, and colonizing a new planet requires much more than just settling a newly discovered island of Old Earth. New planets were different in thousands of ways, and the differences could mean disaster. Brutal… Shares Space opera, Science Fiction
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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
Cover of The Soldier (Rise of the Jain)
The Soldier (Rise of the Jain) Neal L. Asher · 2018 · ★ 4.0 Her mission is vital, her failure is unthinkable. A corner of space swarms with lethal technology, created by a long-dead race called the Jain. It's guarded by Orlandine, tasked with keeping it contained, or it could destroy entire civilisations. Dragon, an alien intelligence, shares her vigil, but she doesn't share everything with Dragon...Orlandine plots to obliterate this tech swarm, for some… Shares Space opera, Science Fiction
Cover of Xeelee
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
Cover of The Ascendancy War
The Ascendancy War Richard Swan · 2016 · 474p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Space opera, Science Fiction with this book.
Cover of Ihre Heimat sind die Sterne
Ihre Heimat sind die Sterne Edmond Hamilton · 1976 Shares Space opera, Science Fiction with this book.

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