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Can you recommend me some good "used future"-style space exploration themed science fiction novels?
Like Alien, but it doesn't need to be horror.

I don't care if it's hard or soft sci-fi.
I'm even fine with science fantasy.

Only read Dune so far and loved it.

>> No.3202306

The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A E van Vogt is pretty much exactly that.
WD Barlowe's Expedition might be sort of what you're looking for too if you don't mind a focus on illustration and biology over plot.

>> No.3202308

>>3202295
What is "used future" science fiction? I don't get it.

>> No.3202311

>>3202308
>used future
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UsedFuture
They mean like in Red Dwarf.

>> No.3202328

>>3202311
Thanks. There's a good recommendation in the literature list there: Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw Lem. However, it's not very exploration-focused. Here's the TVtropes link if you're interested, OP:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TalesOfPirxThePilot

>> No.3202368

>>3202308
The opposite of the clean and shiny Star Trek future.
Dirty and used as in Alien, Dark Star, Star Wars or Serenity.

>> No.3202372

Used Future is the best kind of future, and also the most fun to write.

>> No.3202375

>>3202368

Revelation Space. It's the best used future in sci-fi, I think.