Colonies and frontier worlds

10 books

AdaptationMack Reynolds · 1960A 1960 science fiction novel about two academic teams sent by Earth's Office of Galactic Colonization to guide seeded colony planets on Rigel toward civilization and assimilation into the Galactic Commonwealth, a half century task whose methods the rivals debate.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

DeathworldHarry Harrison · 1960A science fiction novel in which professional gambler Jason dinAlt is recruited by Kerk Pyrrus to gamble a fortune of credits for the inhabitants of Pyrrus, a planet described as the harshest and most dangerous in the galaxy.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

GenesisH. Beam Piper · 1951A 1951 science fiction novelet in which Colonel Kalvar Dard leads a group of colonists whose ship is struck by meteors and forced to abandon ship just before landing on the planet Tareesh, framing the story as a possible answer to mysterious gaps in human evolutionary history.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Lone Star PlanetH. Beam Piper · 1958A 1958 science fiction novel, originally published as A Planet for Texans, following diplomat Stephen Silk, who is sent to the independent planet New Texas to investigate an ambassador's murder, win the planet over to the Solar League, and expose a planned alien invasion.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Oomphel in the SkyH. Beam Piper · 1961A science fiction novella set on the planet Kwannon, where a Terran journalist investigates native unrest stirred by belief that the approaching star Gettler Alpha means the end of the world, as colonists and the army struggle to contain the panic.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Pagan PassionsRandall Garrett · 1959A 1959 science fiction novel by Randall Garrett in which the Greek and Roman gods have returned to a transformed Earth. Teacher William Forrester, a devotee of Athena, faces temptation and danger in this world of supernatural intrigue and suspense.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Space PrisonTom Godwin · 1958A 1958 science fiction novel, originally published as The Survivors, about human colonists whose ship is seized by the Gern Empire and left on a harsh alien planet, where their descendants endure and plot against their captors.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Forgotten PlanetMurray Leinster · 1954A 1954 science fiction novel by Murray Leinster about a planet accidentally stocked with giant insect life, where humans survive among monstrous creatures until a young man named Burl resolves to fight back and lead humanity's bid for freedom.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Uller UprisingH. Beam Piper · 1952A 1952 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, set on the alien planet Uller in the early days of the Terran Federation. It depicts an uprising of alien servants against their human colonial overlords, modeled on the historical Sepoy Mutiny in British India.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Ullr UprisingH. Beam Piper · 1952A 1952 science fiction novel in two parts by H. Beam Piper. It follows Terrans on the hostile planet Ullr and the toxic world Niflheim, where humans work in armored machines alongside four-armed native Ullrans amid colonial tensions and violence.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية