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  • 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 Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Honorverse
    HonorverseUniverse

    universe · 83 books · 1993

    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 →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionmilitary science fictionspacespace opera+3 more

    includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Expanded Honorverse, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)

  • Cover of Vatta
    VattaUniverse

    universe · 10 books · 2003

    Set in other star systems.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Trading in Danger →

    similar byadventurousfar futurescience fictionmilitary science fictionspacetensespace opera+2 more

    includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace

  • Cover of The Lost Fleet
    The Lost FleetUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 2006

    Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

    “A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dauntless →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionmilitary science fictionspacespace opera+4 more

    includes Outlands (The Lost Fleet), Beyond the Frontier, The Genesis Fleet, The Lost Stars

  • 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 →

    similar byfar futurescience fiction+5 more

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

  • 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, Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, Second Formic War, Fleet School