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Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
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.”
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Start with Heavy Time →
includes Company Wars, Chanur, The Hinder Stars, Mri Wars, Unionside, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →
Cities in FlightSeries
series10 books1950
completed
Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in space and far future.
“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with They Shall Have Stars →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
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 →
includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
The Lost FleetUniverse
universe27 books2006
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 →
includes The Genesis Fleet, The Lost Stars, Beyond the Frontier, Outlands (The Lost Fleet)
Fallen DragonNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2001
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about space colonization, set in far future and space.