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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, 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
Lord of LightSeries
series5 books1967
About gods and reincarnation.
“One of their own, called Sam, breaks with the pantheon to return forbidden knowledge to the ordinary people they rule, touching off a war among the self-styled gods.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dawn →
The Colors of SpaceNovel
Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963
Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration, set in space.
“The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”
from the catalogue
AcornaUniverse
universe16 books1997
Science fiction, set in space.
“A silver-horned child drifts alone in an escape pod, and three grizzled asteroid miners haul her aboard, not yet knowing they have adopted a legend.”
from the catalogue
Start with Acorna: The Unicorn Girl →
includes Acorna's Children
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Science fiction, set in space.
“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue
Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration, set in space.
“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gateway →