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series21 books1957

completed

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and funny in tone, about con artists, set in far future and space.

“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.”
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Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, set in far future and space.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

Bill, the Galactic HeroSeries

series10 books1964

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“Harry Harrison's Bill, the Galactic Hero is a satire of militaristic science fiction, following a hapless draftee named Bill through a galactic war run by an absurd, dehumanizing military bureaucracy.”
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Start with Bill, the Galactic Hero →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World

NovaNovel

Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968

About quests and revenge.

“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
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Rex Nihilo AdventuresSeries

series7 books2014

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

Start with Starship Grifters →

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