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Space Colonization Books
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A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.63 — 362 ratings — published 2023
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.85 — 90,274 ratings — published 1992
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.78 — 28,438 ratings — published 2015
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.24 — 140,191 ratings — published 2016
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,496,427 ratings — published 1985
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.23 — 231,898 ratings — published 2005
Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.00 — 35,328 ratings — published 2022
Hella (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.52 — 893 ratings — published 2020
Goldilocks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.72 — 5,963 ratings — published 2020
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.30 — 190,981 ratings — published 2015
Planetfall (Planetfall, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,056 ratings — published 2015
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.99 — 122,204 ratings — published 2013
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,218 ratings — published 2010
The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.11 — 75,239 ratings — published 2007
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.96 — 41,564 ratings — published 1993
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.95 — 33,674 ratings — published 1996
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,107 ratings — published 1992
How High We Go in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.81 — 74,240 ratings — published 2022
Foreign Land (This Foreign Universe #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.36 — 55 ratings — published
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,752,617 ratings — published 2021
Ship of Fools (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,626 ratings — published 2001
Arkhangelsk (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.15 — 752 ratings — published 2022
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.78 — 62,422 ratings — published 2022
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,040 ratings — published 2017
Far from the Light of Heaven (Audiobook)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.49 — 5,120 ratings — published 2021
Shielded Heart (The Infinite City)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,755 ratings — published 2019
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space (Apogee Books Space)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.20 — 573 ratings — published 1977
The Integral Trees (The State, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.77 — 9,607 ratings — published 1984
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.16 — 194,560 ratings — published 2014
The Word for World Is Forest (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.07 — 47,953 ratings — published 1972
The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.26 — 15,950 ratings — published 2018
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.95 — 38,967 ratings — published 2018
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.68 — 356,213 ratings — published 2017
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,357,118 ratings — published 2011
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.12 — 453,378 ratings — published 2015
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.11 — 399,932 ratings — published 2017
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,030,163 ratings — published 2012
Proxima (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.81 — 7,455 ratings — published 2013
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.09 — 61,940 ratings — published 2014
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.08 — 525,816 ratings — published 2006
Dark Eden (Dark Eden, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,715 ratings — published 2012
Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.79 — 40,846 ratings — published 2008
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.12 — 99,660 ratings — published 2006
Embassytown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.90 — 35,408 ratings — published 2011
Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.31 — 334,108 ratings — published 2011
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.22 — 232,010 ratings — published 1952
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,687,105 ratings — published 1965
The Nominal Echo Chronicles (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.19 — 21 ratings — published
The Free Trader of Warren Deep (Free Trader #1)
by (shelved 1 time as space-colonization)
avg rating 4.13 — 861 ratings — published 2016
Double Star (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as space-colonization)
avg rating 3.92 — 24,725 ratings — published 1956
“There is no escape. Eight billion humans won’t escape their issues by going to space. Our planet needs no terraforming, no cosmic radiation shielding, and no industrial production of oxygen or water. It needs no soil building and requires no multi-month travel time or lengthy communication delays. It demands no complex infrastructure. We are on board the best, most resilient, and most spacious “spaceship” we could ever build. This is it. Hopefully the space-colony dreamers will slowly realize that what they’ve been looking for is here.”
― Collapse: Navigating Civilization's Predicaments With Wisdom and Courage
― Collapse: Navigating Civilization's Predicaments With Wisdom and Courage
“It’s pretty hard to get to another star system. Alpha Centauri is four light years away, so if you go at 10 per cent of the speed of light, it’s going to take you 40 years, and that’s assuming you can instantly reach that speed, which isn’t going to be the case. You have to accelerate. You have to build up to 20 or 30 per cent and then slow down, assuming you want to stay at Alpha Centauri and not go zipping past. It’s just hard. With current life spans, you need generational ships. You need antimatter drives, because that’s the most mass-efficient. It’s doable, but it’s super slow.”
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