Query: British science fiction novels that are not a series but set on fictional planets
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
A Modern Utopia
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)
The Fall of Yquatine
Wasp (novel)
The Guardian of Isis
Against a Dark Background
Evidence from documents: The Making of the Representative for Planet 8: '''''The Making of the Representative for Planet 8''''' is a 1982 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing. It is the fourth book in her five-book ''Canopus in Argos'' series and relates the fate of a planet, under the care of the benevolent galactic empire Canopus, that is plunged into an ice age.
A Modern Utopia: British science fiction novels that are not a series: Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure, ''A Modern Utopia'' has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia." The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "kinetic and not static" world state so as to solve "the problem of combining progress with political stability".
set on fictional planets: The premise of the novel is that there is a planet (for "No less than a planet will serve the purpose of a modern Utopia") exactly like Earth, with the same geography and biology.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: '''''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe''''' is the second book in the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' comedy science fiction "trilogy of six books" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback in 1980. The book was inspired by the song "Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum. The book title refers to ''Milliways'', the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, one of the settings of the book.
The Knife of Never Letting Go: but set on fictional planets: Todd Hewitt is the only boy left in Prentisstown, a small settlement on New World – an alien planet
British science fiction novels: is a young-adult science fiction novel written by British-American author Patrick Ness.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel): is the first book in the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' comedy science fiction "trilogy of six books" by Douglas Adams.
The Fall of Yquatine: '''''The Fall of Yquatine''''' is a BBC Books original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''.
Wasp (novel): Wasp''''' is a 1957 science fiction novel by English author Eric Frank Russell. Terry Pratchett (author of the ''Discworld'' series of fantasy books) stated that he "can't imagine a funnier terrorists' handbook." ''Wasp'' is generally considered Russell's best novel.
Against a Dark Background: science fiction novels: is a science fiction novel
that are not a series but set on fictional planets: She lives on Golter, a planet orbiting a star in an isolated planetary system with no nearby galaxies.