7 books like Origin

What to read after Origin — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Robots in Space Gail Saunders-Smith · 2014 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Moderate What kind of robot can help scientists explore terrain on Mars, collect data about space, and photograph the planets? Space robots! These robots can do jobs far away, where it is too dangerous for humans to travel. Shares: Exploration of outer space, Exploration

Space Exploration Ferguson Publishing Company · 2008 · 91p · ≈ 3h · Moderate [[Buzz Aldrin taking a core sample of the Moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission]] Shares: Exploration of outer space, Exploration

Star Gate Andre Norton · 1958 · ★ 3.8 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When Kincar s'Rud, of mixed Gorthian and Star Lord blood, followed the Star Lords through the shimmering gate that led to alternate universes, he found himself on a Gorth entirely different from the world he had known. At First the Gorthians appeared to be the same, but his former friends turned out to be his enemies. For they were the people his friends might have been, had they made different… Shares: Life on other planets, Time Travel

Contact Carl Sagan · 1985 · ★ 4.1 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 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. Shares: Exploration, Life on other planets

A Case of Conscience James Blish · 1958 · ★ 3.6 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The citizens of the planet Lithia are some of the most ethical sentient beings Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez has ever encountered. True, they have no literature, no fine arts, and don't understand the concept of recreation, but neither do they understand the concepts of greed, envy, lust, or any of the sins and vices that plague humankind. Their world seems darned near perfect. And that is just what… Shares: Exploration, Life on other planets

Dragon's Time Anne McCaffrey · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world. Shares: Life on other planets, Time Travel

Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey · 1968 · ★ 4.1 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be… Shares: Life on other planets, Time Travel

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