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1967
The Ethics of Madness
Douglas Hooker is a paranoid schizophrenic who steals a Bussard Ramjet ship to cross interstellar space and take revenge on someone he believes has wronged him. When a second ramjet ship gives chase, both ships begin to accelerate out of known space, fueled by an endless supply of interstellar hydrogen.
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1967
Flatlander
When Beowulf "Bey" Shaeffer and his wealthy friend Gregory "Elephant" Pelton want to discover something new, they pay a stellar fee to the alien Outsiders for the location of the "most interesting" star system of which they're aware. When the Outsiders accelerate their ship, Slower than Infinity, to absurd 0.8c to catch a rogue solar system passing through local space, Bey and Pelton attempt a landing on one of the planets. They note that the system is nearly clear of asteroids, and they can see what appear to be creatures. As they near the surface, the "indestructible" General Products hull of their ship vanishes.
They flee the system, living in an inflatable habitat bubble, and return to human space using their hyperdrive, bleeding off momentum on several passes through the local system, looping around with their hyperdrive to continue deceleration. When they file a claim with the General Products corporation, the Pierson's Puppeteer (the alien owners of GP) representative agrees to pay the claim, noting that the only thing that could have destroyed the GP hull was antimatter. It then dawns of Beowulf and Elephant that the "interesting" aspect of the system was that it is made of antimatter.
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1970
Ringworld
An alien recruits a team to scout out a mysterious structure in the path of his species' migration: an enormous ring with a massive livable surface.
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1974
The Mote in God's Eye
A first contact story between humanity and "moties" - a strange alien race with a biologically-dimorphic caste system.
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1979
Ringworld Engineers
The deposed leader of an alien species kidnaps members of the old Ringworld scouting expedition in an attempt to find incredible machines which will help him climb back to glory on his homeworld. Unfortunately, the Ringworld is in danger from gravitational perturbations.
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1985
Footfall
The formative alien invasion novel to which the Hollywood blockbuster owes its common ancestry.
