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Rhondak101
Posted 2014-11-25 1:47 PM (#8928 - in reply to #8918)
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Here is the revised blurb for the Tour the Solar System challenge and the link to the list I've compiled. These are only suggestions, and as I say in the blurb, I'm sure that there will be need for correction as people who've read some of these books report back

Tour the Solar System

This challenge asks you to read 12 books that are set in our solar system. My original idea was to read at least one book set on each planet (except Earth.) However, my research shows that the choices are slim for the outer planets. Therefore, you may target specific planets, or moons, or read works that are set on multiple locations through out our solar system. Obviously, you may choose any sub-genres that you like. For example, Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars series and Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom series are both set on Mars, but the versions of the planet are totally different. Choose the presentations that you like—pulps, space opera, planetary romance, hard sf, soft sf, or the juveniles of Asimov, Heinlein or the Winston series—mix and match, and just have fun. 

I have compiled a partial list of works that fit this challenge. They are divided by location. I have read very few of the books on this list; therefore, I am depending on the reports of others. These mostly come from Wikipedia and Science Fiction Encyclopedia entries. I am sure that there are some errors and omissions; so don’t trust this list entirely. If a book seems to focus on two or three locations, I placed it under those names. If the book seems to “tour” the solar system without too much focus on one area, I placed it in the multiple locations section.

The books and series marked with an asterisk are in WWE. The ones with a number sign are not.

If you have additions or corrections that you’d like to submit, let me know on the thread.


 


 


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