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  1. The Space Cognicles
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  3. Steampunk Science Fiction/Fantasy graphic novels based on early science fiction.
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  6. Book 0: The Technical Manual
  7. -Released after the conclusion of the final book. It discusses the spacecraft designs, planetary worldbuilding, and how the fictional solar system differs from the real world solar system. Contains the short story "Apollo Meets the Selenites" which describes the Apollo 11 mission landing in the middle of a Selenite settlement.
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  9. Book 1: A Trip to and Around the Moon
  10. -The Baltimore explosives club designs, constructs, and flies a spacecraft that can land on the surface of the Moon. They explore this satellite and discover the Selenites. (A Trip to the Moon and Around It + First Men in the Moon)
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  12. Book 2: The War of the Worlds
  13. -The Martians realize that the humans of Earth are developing too fast. If they are to colonize the Earth, they must do it as soon as possible. They invade Great Britain using their spaceships. (War of the Worlds)
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  15. Book 3: Journey to the Center of Ceres
  16. -As terrestrial explorers further expand their reach into space, they visit the planet Ceres, and explore its interior. (Journey to the Center of the Earth)
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  18. Book 4: The Conquest of Mars
  19. -The Martians attempt to invade the Earth once more, this time to find that the Earth now has warships protecting it. The Earth space ships go a bit too far and attempt to attack Mars itself, only to fail. (Loosely based on the unauthorized WotW sequel Edison's Conquest of Mars)
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  21. Book 5: Voyage of the Galileo
  22. -The space ship Galileo makes a voyage to Jupiter and its satellites. They run into a problem when the crew experience radiation sickness. The ship's doctor finds a cure: but to get it someone must voyage deeper into the radiation belts to find it on Io. (Original Work)
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  24. Book 6: 20,000 Leagues Beneath Europa
  25. -A submarine spacecraft "The Nautilus" is developed to explore the undersea environment of the Jovian satellite Europa in order to contact the government of the strange aquatic ships that have been raiding asteroid mines in the Belt. (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea)
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  27. Book 7: Flat Planet
  28. -An Asteroid Belt Exploration Ship "A-Sphere" visits the Minor Planet Abbot, and find it to be a totally flat world of only two spacial dimensions. On its surface, two dimensional bipeds The A-Sphere crew attempt to explain three-dimensional geometry and life to the inhabitants of Abbot. (Flatland with a bit of Planiverse)
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  30. Book 8: The Plea of Mars
  31. -A viral infection from Earth is spreading across the already thin Martian civilization. They attack a space ship that was en route to Venus to attempt to synthesize a cure by studying human biology. A rescue ship is sent to retrieve the prisoners, but Earth ships are only allowed to pass through Mars space for gravity assists. (Original work)
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  33. Book 9: The Time Machine
  34. -A scientist invents a time machine and travels into the future. Martians and Earthlings coexist on the Earth. An angry Martian steals the Time Machine and travels back to first War of the Worlds to try to cure Earth Sickness and bring about Martian rule. Evidence of this will have been planted in Book 2. Once the plot is resolved, the time traveler destroys the time machine. (The Time Machine, but largely original work)
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  36. Book 10: The Brick Moon
  37. -A reflective brick sphere is launched into orbit around the Earth as a navigational beacon for space ships and naval vessels alike. However, it is launched by accident with humans inside. The humans survive and manage to contact the ground, and it is realized that a whole space station could be built in space. The space station is quickly militarized, and a war begins between the Americans and the British. The latter have experimental heat rays.
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  39. Book 11: All You Zombies
  40. -Later in the timeline. A woman discovers the blueprints to the time traveler's time machine, and manages to construct one for herself. She then becomes her own mother and father. (All You Zombies, not actually victorian science fiction)
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  42. Book 12: The Toliman Travels
  43. -A scientist creates an engine which can warp space based upon the time machine blueprints, and promptly uses it to create the first starship. He assembles a crew to explore the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. They visit the small planet Lilliput, the giant planet Brobdingnag, and finally crash lands on a lost Martian colony world that has revoked their warlike ways. (Gulliver's Travels, original work)
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  45. Book 13: The Saturn Anthology
  46. -Five short stories taking place in the Saturnian System.
  47. --The Ring Leader: An Asteroid Belt Tycoon's fortune is threatened by strict environmental laws regarding the asteroid belt. A prospector ship sent to figure out what the composition of the Saturnian rings are, and discover the moons Epimethius and Janus. They are inhabited by paranoid Saturlunians that are constantly afraid of the two satellites colliding.
  48. --The Heat Ray of Mimas: A war between the inhabitants of Mimas and Enceladus escalates to new heights as Mimas attempts to build a massive heat ray into the Herschel impact crater. Enceladus merely melts further, giving the aquatic inhabitants more living space.
  49. --The Walnut: Simple-minded geographers on Iapetus mistake an Earth walnut for a topological globe of their world. They become irrationally upset when their perfect map is cracked and broken.
  50. --Arches in the Sky: A group of religious fanatics try to colonize the Saturnian atmosphere using airships. They quickly realize they are trapped down there.
  51. --The Titans of Titan: Massive bird-like animals inhabit Titan. An adolescent Titan attempts to woo a mate, with little success. His crush: A human in a wing suit.
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  53. Book X (The Final Book): Eight Zero Two Seven Zero One A.D.
  54. -The interstellar traveler escapes from his accidental exile on the Mars-like Alpha Centauri B planet, and returns to the Earth to find that his space travel also results in time travel. When he lands on the Earth, he finds that humankind has split into the Eloi and Morlocks. He attempts to create a time machine from parts scavenged from his warp drive, and manages to get as far back as A.D. 202X before his time machine's crystal breaks and he beats up the author. As a result, they both travel to the 1870s Baltimore Explosives Club and persuade them to cease their efforts. This creates our timeline. (The Time Machine, original work)
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