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Star Wanderers is 11 books, 2012–2015.

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Dune
Foundation
Known Space
Ender's Game
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Forever War
CoDominium
Terro-Human Future History
The Stainless Steel Rat

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue, 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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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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in far future and 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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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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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Humor, funny in tone, set in space and far future.

“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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction, set in far future and space.

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, 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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Terro-Human Future HistoryUniverse

universe48 books1952

Set in far future and other star systems.

“History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”
from the catalogue description

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The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

Funny and adventurous in tone, about con artists, set in far future.

“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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What should I read after Star Wanderers?: Dune — the closest match to Star Wanderers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Wanderers?: Outworlder. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Wanderers.
How big is Star Wanderers?: Star Wanderers is 11 books, 2012–2015.

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