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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens.

    “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 Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Vatta
    VattaUniverse

    universe · 10 books · 2003

    Space opera.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Trading in Danger →

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    includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace

  • Cover of Starship Troopers
    Starship TroopersNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1959

    About coming of age and aliens.

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  • Cover of Central Control
    Central ControlSeries

    series · 2 books · 1953

    completed

    Science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in far future and space.

    “Andre Norton's Central Control novels are a loose future history that sketches the rise of a galactic empire through events echoing Norton's own reading of Terran history rather than following one continuing cast.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Star Rangers →

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  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    Science fiction, 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
    Start with Ender's Game →

    similar byfar futurescience fiction+6 more

    includes First Formic War, Second Formic War, Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, Fleet School

  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    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
    Start with Heavy Time →

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    includes Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, The Hinder Stars, Unionside