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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 →

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

  • Cover of Starship Troopers
    Starship TroopersNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1959

    Military science fiction, about war and coming of age, set in other star systems.

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  • Cover of Vorkosigan
    VorkosiganUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1986

    Space opera, set in 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
    Start with Shards of Honor →

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    includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

    “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, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Lunar Chronicles
    Lunar ChroniclesSeries

    series · 15 books · 2011

    Fairy tale retelling, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

    “Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

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  • Cover of The Talents
    The TalentsUniverse

    universe · 18 books · 1959

    About psychic powers.

    “Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Rowan →

    similar byscience fiction+3 more

    includes Tower and the Hive, Talents (Anne McCaffrey)