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Luff Imbry is 14 books, 2006–2019.

The Stainless Steel Rat
Alliance-Union
Known Space
Windhaven
The Early Jack Vance
Cluster
Vatta
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Big Planet

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

Set in space.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
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Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in space.

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

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WindhavenSeries

seriesGeorge R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle4 books1975

Science fiction.

Start with The Storms of Windhaven →

The Early Jack VanceSeries

seriesJack Vance14 books1951

Science fiction, set in far future.

Start with Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance →

ClusterSeries

seriesPiers Anthony9 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“Anthony originally conceived of and wrote the series as a trilogy but later added two additional volumes.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Cluster →

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction, tense in tone, set in space.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor, set in space.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
from the catalogue description

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Big PlanetSeries

seriesJack Vance2 books1952

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in far future and other star systems.

“Jack Vance's 1957 novel — an early landmark of the fully realized planetary-romance setting — got a single sequel decades later, Showboat World, revisiting the same world without continuing Glystra's story.”
from the catalogue description

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What should I read after Luff Imbry?: The Stainless Steel Rat — the closest match to Luff Imbry on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Luff Imbry?: Quartet & Triptych. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Luff Imbry.
How big is Luff Imbry?: Luff Imbry is 14 books, 2006–2019.

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