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Joint Task Force 13 is 12 books, 2019–2022.

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Known Space
CoDominium
Ender's Game
Childe Cycle
Old Man's War
Forever War
Bayonet Books Anthologies
Honorverse
The Lost Fleet

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction and science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction and science fiction, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
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Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction and science fiction, set in far future and space.

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Bayonet Books AnthologiesSeries

seriesuncredited, J. R. Handley, Jesse James Fain & Matthew A. Goodwin19 books2019

Science fiction.

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Space opera.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Space opera.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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