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Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks
Not as well versed in the subject as I should be, but I second the suggestion of Tim Zahn's _Icarus Hunt_ (Indiana Jones...in space!) and Robert Heinlein's 1950s era juvies ... great space adventure.
Oddly enough, quite a few of the Star Wars novels are not military sf, just action adventure space fantasy. In particular, the Brian Daley Han Solo trilogy is excellent.
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speaking of rah, there are quite a few novels and stories in his 'future history series' (which is not really a series, a separate discussion would be necessary to clarify this) that are non-military.
here's a (probably incomplete) list i keep:
Future History of Robert A. Heinlein
1. Life-Line (1939 in the original published version, 1951 in book collections)
2. "Let There Be Light" (soon after Life-Line)
Word Edgewise (Never written)
3. The Roads Must Roll
4. Blowups Happen
5. The Man Who Sold the Moon
6. Delilah and the Space Rigger
7. Space Jockey
8. Requiem
9. The Long Watch (1999)
10. Gentlemen, Be Seated!
11. The Black Pits of Luna
12. "It's Great to Be Back!"
13. "--We Also Walk Dogs"
14. Searchlight
15. Ordeal in Space
16. The Green Hills of Earth
Fire Down Below (Never written)
17. Logic of Empire
18. The Menace from Earth
The Sound of His Wings (Never written)
Eclipse(Never written)
The Stone Pillow (Never written)
19. "If This Goes On--"
20. Coventry
21. Misfit
Universe (prologue only) (2119)
22. Methuselah's Children (2136-2210)
23. Universe (~3500)
24. Common Sense (~3500)
25. Time Enough for Love (4272- and earlier time periods)
26. To Sail Beyond the Sunset
and here's a list of the juveniles that bill mentioned (imho most are not really very juvenile, also a subject for seperate discussion):
Scribner's juveniles by Robert A. Heinlein
1. Rocket Ship Galileo, 1947
2. Space Cadet, 1948
3 .Red Planet, 1949
4. Farmer in the Sky, 1950
5. Between Planets, 1951
6. The Rolling Stones (Space Family Stone) 1952
7. Starman Jones, 1953
8. The Star Beast, 1954
9. Tunnel in the Sky, 1955
10. Time for the Stars, 1956
11. Citizen of the Galaxy, 1957
12. Have Space Suit--Will Travel, 1958
(not Schribner's)
13. Starship Troopers (1959)
14. Podkayne of Mars, 1963