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  • Cover of Space Beagle
    Space BeagleSeries

    series · 5 books · 1939

    completed

    About aliens.

    Start with Black Destroyer →

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  • Cover of Pushing Ice
    Pushing IceNovel

    Alastair Reynolds · standalone novel · 2005

    Hard science fiction, about aliens, set in other star systems.

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  • 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, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Mri Wars, Unionside, Era of Rapprochement, The Hinder Stars

  • Cover of David Ryerson
    David RyersonSeries

    series · 2 books · 1958

    completed

    Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about survival and space exploration, set in far future and spaceship.

    “The Enemy Stars follows the crew of a faster-than-light survey ship stranded far from home after their matter-transmission drive is damaged, forced to keep the vessel and each other going across a voyage that will outlast some of them.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Enemy Stars →

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  • Cover of Slow Train to Arcturus
    Slow Train to ArcturusNovel

    Eric Flint & Dave Freer · standalone novel · 2008

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

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  • Cover of Pax / Astra
    Pax / AstraSeries

    series · 2 books · 1954

    completed

    Science fiction, tense and adventurous in tone, about survival, set in far future.

    “Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

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