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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about aliens and war, set in far future and galactic scale.
Start with Hidden Empire →
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Set in other star systems.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Set in 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
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Expanded Honorverse, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
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 →
includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories)
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Set in other star systems.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World
StenSeries
series11 books1982
completed
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future and space.
“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sten →