[{"n": "Across the Zodiac", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/across-the-zodiac/", "s": "First Mars-set novel; coined 'astronaut' as a spacecraft name."}, {"n": "Address: Centauri", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/address-centauri/", "s": "Novel about disabled volunteers on the first interstellar flight."}, {"n": "Aelita (novel)", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/aelita-novel/", "s": "A 1923 Soviet sci-fi novel of a Martian journey and revolution."}, {"n": "Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/aleriel-or-a-voyage-to-other-worlds/", "s": "1883 novel featuring early use of 'Martian' as a noun."}, {"n": "Around the Moon", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/around-the-moon/", "s": "Sequel to Verne's lunar voyage, continuing the trip to the Moon."}, {"n": "Ascent (novel)", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/ascent-novel/", "s": "A secret history novel of a Soviet pilot turned cosmonaut."}, {"n": "The Astronauts", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-astronauts/", "s": "Lem's first published novel, set in a communist utopian future."}, {"n": "Back to the Moon", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/back-to-the-moon/", "s": "A novel about a hijacked shuttle mission to the Moon."}, {"n": "Beyond Apollo", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/beyond-apollo/", "s": "A controversial novel about a paranoid Venus expedition survivor."}, {"n": "The Big Jump", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-big-jump/", "s": "A novel about the first crewed expedition to Barnard's Star."}, {"n": "The Blue Barbarians", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-blue-barbarians/", "s": "A satirical novel of a fading Sun and Venusian greed."}, {"n": "The City and the Stars", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-city-and-the-stars/", "s": "A 1956 rewrite of Clarke's first novel about a far-future Earth."}, {"n": "City on the Moon", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/city-on-the-moon/", "s": "A lunar jeep sabotage leads to a crisis in a Moon city."}, {"n": "Close to Critical", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/close-to-critical/", "s": "A novel of a hellworld and its sentient natives."}, {"n": "Code of the Lifemaker", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/code-of-the-lifemaker/", "s": "First contact with evolving robots on Titan."}, {"n": "Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/comical-history-of-the-states-and-empires-of-the-moon/", "s": "Early satirical novel featuring rocket-powered spaceflight to the Moon."}, {"n": "Darlah", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/darlah/", "s": "A young adult novel about a sinister lunar mission."}, {"n": "Doctor Omega", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/doctor-omega/", "s": "Mysterious French inventor who voyaged to Mars in 1906."}, {"n": "The Domes of Mars", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-domes-of-mars/", "s": "Second Maurice Gray novel set on a damaged Mars colony."}, {"n": "Earth Afire", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/earth-afire/", "s": "Second book of the Formic Wars novels."}, {"n": "Echopraxia (novel)", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/echopraxia-novel/", "s": "A sidequel to Blindsight in the Firefall series."}, {"n": "Eden (Lem novel)", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/eden-lem-novel/", "s": "A 1958 Polish novel about failed first contact on a mysterious alien world."}, {"n": "Encounter with Tiber", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/encounter-with-tiber/", "s": "A 1996 novel about ancient aliens and a historian's journey."}, {"n": "The Enemy Stars", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-enemy-stars/", "s": "A 1959 Hugo-nominated novel of interstellar travel and survival."}, {"n": "The Falling Astronauts", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-falling-astronauts/", "s": "A novel about a disillusioned astronaut and a rogue nuclear threat."}, {"n": "The Fifth Man (novel)", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-fifth-man-novel/", "s": "A Christian sci-fi novel about sabotage, infection, and sacrifice on Mars."}, {"n": "Fifth Planet (novel)", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/fifth-planet-novel/", "s": "A novel about a life-bearing planet and rival space expeditions."}, {"n": "The First Men in the Moon", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-first-men-in-the-moon/", "s": "Two Englishmen discover a regimented insect civilization inside the Moon."}, {"n": "First Men to the Moon", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/first-men-to-the-moon/", "s": "Von Braun's scientifically grounded novella of a fictional Moon voyage."}, {"n": "Five Against Venus", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/five-against-venus/", "s": "A Venusian Robinsonade from the Winston Science Fiction series."}, {"n": "The Five Gold Bands", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-five-gold-bands/", "s": "A picaresque treasure hunt across five alien worlds."}, {"n": "The Forgotten Planet", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-forgotten-planet/", "s": "Fix-up novel of giant insects on a seeded planet."}, {"n": "From the Earth to the Moon", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/from-the-earth-to-the-moon/", "s": "1865 novel about a Moon shot via giant cannon."}, {"n": "The Green Odyssey", "u": "/e/space-exploration-novels/the-green-odyssey/", "s": "Farmer's early space opera with wheeled ships."}]