What are good books in which a character goes to a new planet?

sandhouse · 3 months

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin.

Dark_ph0enix · 3 months

Kim Stanley Robinsons' Mars series.

TheUrsaMajor · 3 months

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

It's a short story collection that chronicles the colonization of Mars and in my opinion a very underrated work of Bradbury.

Saifus · 3 months

A lot of Heinlein books have that some that i personally really liked

Citizen of the Galaxy, Farmer in the Sky, Space Cadet, Have Space Suit will Travel (a bit trippy i was young when i read it and i don't think i fully understood it properly need to revisit)

i am a big Heinlein fan he doesn't seem to get any love on here though

HyperionCantos · 3 months

Try the Hyperion Cantos by Simmons

kyuubi42 · 3 months

Sirens of Titan by Vonnegut, though that might not be exactly what you're looking for.

A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge is very good sci-fi, about two different stellar human civilizations coming upon a planet inhabited by completely alien beings for the first time in human history.

Goingswimmingly · 3 months

Startide Rising, The Uplift War, Brightness Reef (Book 1), Shores of Infinity(book 2), & Heavens Reach Book 3) all by David Brin

I also recommend reading Startide Rising and The Uplift War prior to the the next three books. They all involve alien worlds, alien aliens and mind stretching social structures. Great stuff truly.

Another Author to check out is Ken MacLeod His books interweave technology politics revolution and the singularity.
Heady stuff. Hard part is getting through the part of him being a bloody communist/anarchist, but it will expand your mind and help you understand Ron Paul better.

Read in Order:

The Stone Canal
The Cassini Division
The Sky Road
The Star Fraction

[deleted] · 3 months

Kind of under the topic: The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury. More a collection of short stories about man's journey to colonize Mars.

ObjectiveAnalysis · 3 months

This answer may be the obvious one, but if you liked Out of the Silent Planet you'll probably also like Perelandra, which is the next book in the Space Trilogy. I really liked all three books, but each one very different. In fact the third book, That Hideous Strength, Spoiler

sareon · 3 months

Technically Dune would fall under this category. But it's more that they just arrived to the planet.

nothingamonth · 3 months

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith. If you like lesbians. And who doesn't?

[deleted] · 3 months

China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh. It's the 22nd century, and China has essentially expanded itself as the governant nation of Earth. There are colonies on other planets as well - one of the sub-stories involves a goatherding colonist there, while the other deals with the life of a guy on Earth. It's won or been nominated for a tidy pile of awards (Tiptree, Lambda, Locus, Hugo, Nebula).

ilyxtina · 3 months

anne mccaffrey books.

bumbletowne · 3 months

Tunnel in the sky by Heinlein.

HerbertSnow · 3 months

A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters By Newt Gingrich

newloaf · 3 months

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle.

Maze of Death by Phillip Klondike Dick.

ThePhaedrus · 3 months

The Thiaoouba Prophecy. The author is abducted by ETs and taken to another planet and asked to write a book on his experience before offering it to the people of Earth. The only problem is that he says all of this actually happened. So, take it with a grain of salt.

ooli · 3 months

"Destination Voïd" by F. Herbert. Just the journey to the first planet reachable by humanity. The 2nd Opus "The Jesus Incident" is what happen on this unfriendly planet. You can read them in any order.

"Ringworld" by L.Niven is just about the journey and the exploration of one alien-made-planet. The game "Halo" was partly based upon the book.

Solaris) by S.Lem is about a weird planet (and is far better than the two movies it inspired)

A lot of Asimov short story are about some settler on a new planet.

Iamthetophergopher · 3 months

Spin series by Robert Charles Wilson. In a way

TolmanP · 3 months

I really enjoyed Riverworld, by Philip José Farmer. Every person born on Earth before 1983 is resurrected on an obviously terraformed planet. There's a series of them, but I only got ahold of one or two. Of course, I read them as a teen, and I can't guarantee my taste in books from back then. And since it's nearly entirely a 'human' caste, I don't know if it's what you're really looking for.

Golden Witchbreed, by Mary Gentle, was an interesting book. Human diplomat/ambassador living on a planet of humanoid aliens.

omaca · 3 months

The Sparrow and its sequel Children of God are exactly what you're looking for.

lolmeansilaughed · 3 months

It's more about the journey than the actual destination, but Anvil of Stars by Greg Bear is one of the best hard scifi/space opera types that I've read.

The gist: the most talented young humans left alive recreate human society as they see fit onboard an infinitely powerful vessel, which was given to humanity by an unknown alien civilization, who were able to save a few humans from another unknown alien civilization which destroyed earth. The kids have to find the civilization that destroyed earth. And I'm making it sound like YA, but really it isn't; there's lots of sex and violence and serious discussion of ethical issues. Really, it's incredibly badass.

brandonlovelace · 3 months

Check out "the watchmen" graphic novel.

youngerpants · 3 months

Larry Nivens Ringworld series are a good choice for an other-worldly sci-fi romp. I personally got a bit bored towards the end due to a somewhat simplistic writing style and story arc. Discounting my critique, they've been very well received.

Stranger In A Strange Land, although possibly not exactly what you're looking for, is superb and arguably one of the most important novels of the 20th century (ymmv)

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