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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.”

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    Start with Heavy Time →

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

  • Cover of Quadrail
    QuadrailSeries

    series · 5 books · 2005

    Mysterious in tone, about aliens and political intrigue.

    “Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Night Train to Rigel →

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  • Cover of Vorkosigan
    VorkosiganUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1986

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

    “Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Shards of Honor →

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    includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

  • Cover of Alex Benedict
    Alex BenedictSeries

    series · 13 books · 1987

    Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone.

    “Alex Benedict is an antiques dealer and part-time interstellar investigator, generations removed from Earth's first starfaring age, who keeps stumbling into forgotten history through the objects and ruins he trades in.”

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    Start with A Talent for War →

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  • Cover of Commonwealth Universe
    CommonwealthUniverse

    universe · 12 books · 2002

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

    “Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dreaming Void →

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    includes Commonwealth Saga, Void Trilogy, Chronicle of the Fallers

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    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 →

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    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars