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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

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

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Alex Benedict
    Alex BenedictSeries

    series · 13 books · 1987

    Mystery & detective.

    “Alex Benedict is an antiques dealer and part-time interstellar investigator, generations removed from Earth's first starfaring age, who keeps stumbling into forgotten history through the objects and ruins he trades in.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Talent for War →

    similar bymysteriousscience fictionother star systemsfar futurespace+3 more

  • Cover of Cavor
    CavorSeries

    series · 2 books · 1901

    About space exploration, set in the moon and underground & caves.

    “H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The First Men in the Moon →

    similar byearly 20th centuryadventurousscience fictionaliens+1 more

  • Cover of Quadrail
    QuadrailSeries

    series · 5 books · 2005

    About political intrigue.

    “Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Night Train to Rigel →

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  • Cover of The Colors of Space
    The Colors of SpaceNovel

    Marion Zimmer Bradley · standalone novel · 1963

    About space exploration.

    “The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+2 more

    includes The Positronic Robot Stories, Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, Foundation (Original Stories), The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov