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Planets are large celestial bodies in orbit around a star. Sometimes, large moons are also called planets - especially if they are able to support some kind of life. A typically habitable planet is about 6,000 kilometres in diameter, while large gas giants can be much bigger. Planets can be host to millions of sentient inhabitants, or barren wastelands, or anywhere in between.
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Planet where most children are clones of their mother. Non clones are called Vars and discri... [duplicate]
The planet has mostly medieval technology. I think a train might have been mentioned at one point. I do not remember whether they know they are descended from humans from Earth.
They were genetically …
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Humans are kept as livestock by aliens. They all know an old song. The song teaches them how... [duplicate]
I read this short story about 2015. I think it was old at the time.
The planet was settled by humans long ago. The indigenous aliens later beat them in a war. Humans are kept as livestock on farms, na …
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Long isolated human colony. People live in trees and have changed a lot. A 'pursemaker' is i...
The 'purses' the accused man makes are large sealable tents for safely spending the night in. The pursemakers wonders how many of the people who do not speak a word in his defence had spent the night …
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Two men are guests on a planet terraformed some generations ago. All earth livestock died. L...
After having being treated to a huge banquet by their hosts, the two visitors remember being told that all the animals they brought with them, in the ship that founded the settlement, died.
None of th …
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YA book. Planet in our solar system. Two teenagers sealed in a plant with flashlight. Oxygen... [duplicate]
The two teenagers are walking across the planet to warn their parents of an evil plan by a major company.
They are wearing pressure suits. They are running out of oxygen. The boys spend the night seal …
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Planet with no star. Human society descended from two people trapped there. A female cop and...
I read it in about 2015. It seemed to have been written fairly recently.
The story starts some generations after the initial two people were trapped on the planet. About a hundred people are descended …
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Novel or short story. A planet is settled by Irish Catholics. Snakes are important part of e...
The story is set sometime after the planet has been settled. The settlers found snakes to be important to the ecosystem. Also directly important for the well-being of humans on the planet as they eat …
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Novel. I think by James P Hogan. Has humans studying flying alien wildlife. These animals ar...
I read this book about 20-25 years ago. It was a long story with lots of other things I have forgotten.
The part that really stuck in my mind involved human scientists studying flying wildlife on an a …
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Short Story or Novella. Two human boys amongst the first born on the planet in our solar sys...
I listened to this audiobook story about 2019 as part of an anthology.
It may have been Mars where they lived or possibly the moon.
The two boys were about twelve. One was the son of the heavy vehicle …
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Classic SF short story. Men transmit consciousness into bodies that can live in Jupiter [duplicate]
The protagonist is the leader of the team of scientists exploring inside the gas of Jupiter.
The scientists sent to explore have their consciousness transmitted into bodies that can survive there. I d …
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Short story. If I were a M........... The word begining M is an alien race on a planet where...
The title might have started "If you were a M*"
I read this story about 2015 but it seemed to be written some decades earlier.
A small number of human men are living on a planet inhabited by an intell …
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Tourist on alien planet. Has human guide. Worries intelligent aliens will eat him..Shocked g...
I am not 100% sure it is a short story. It might be part of a novel.
The man being given the tour explains to his human guide that he is worried the aliens might eat them.
The guide is shocked at the …
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Short science fiction story. Human worker in peril on a planet. Surface is covered in shallo...
Science fiction short story by Heinlein.
Many humans are working on the surface of an alien planet (possibly Venus.) They are dropped off individually to work. They insist on proof they will be picked …
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