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series4 books1987

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

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
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Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

Catteni SequenceSeries

series5 books1970

completed

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about slavery.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

DeathworldSeries

series4 books1960

completed

Adventurous in tone.

“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
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Start with Deathworld →

PandoraSeries

series4 books1966

About artificial intelligence.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
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Start with Destination: Void →

Pax / AstraSeries

series2 books1954

completed

Adventurous in tone.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
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Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

The OutposterNovel

Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972

Space opera, about class conflict, set in space.

“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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