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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 Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    About political intrigue, set in other star systems.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

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    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

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    includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Foundation (Original Stories), Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov

  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

    “The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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

  • Cover of Starman Jones
    Starman JonesNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1953

    About space exploration and coming of age, set in spaceship.

    “Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Citizen of the Galaxy
    Citizen of the GalaxyNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1957

    About coming of age and identity, set in other star systems.

    “On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”

    from the catalogue

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