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Space BeagleSeries

series5 books1939

completed

Adventurous in tone, about aliens.

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Pushing IceNovel

Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005

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

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

David RyersonSeries

series2 books1958

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.”
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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

About political intrigue and aliens, set in other star systems.

“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
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Solar QueenSeries

series7 books1955

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

“Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space.”
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