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Paul Sinclair is 4 books, 2003–2006.

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Dune
CoDominium
Foundation
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
Ender's Game
Vorkosigan
Old Man's War
Childe Cycle

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Set in other star systems and far future.

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

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

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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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

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

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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.”
from the catalogue description

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VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shards of Honor →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera, adventurous in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Act of Creation →

Why these

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What should I read after Paul Sinclair?: Dune — the closest match to Paul Sinclair on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Paul Sinclair?: A Just Determination. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Paul Sinclair.
How big is Paul Sinclair?: Paul Sinclair is 4 books, 2003–2006.

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