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Dragon's EggSeries
series3 books1980
completed
Science fiction and hard science fiction, about aliens and space exploration, set in other star systems and far future.
Start with Dragon's Egg →
MesklinSeries
series6 books1954
completed
Adventurous in tone.
“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mission of Gravity →
WheelersNovel
Ian Stewart & Jack Cohenstandalone novel2000
Adventurous in tone, set in space.
Learning the WorldNovel
Ken MacLeodstandalone novel2005
Space opera, about space colonization, set in space and spaceship.
“On the fringes, less modified humans get on with the job of settling a universe that has, so far, been empty of intelligent life.”
from the catalogue
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space.
“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, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Infinity BeachNovel
Jack McDevittstandalone novel2000
Mysterious in tone.