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universe173 books1976

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 →

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

Cities in FlightSeries

series10 books1950

completed

Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Adventurous in tone, about uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Bio of a Space TyrantSeries

series6 books1983

Dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in outer planets & moons.

“Teenager Hope Hubris and his family flee the Jupiter moon Callisto after their home becomes unlivable, joining a crowded convoy of refugees crammed into a barely spaceworthy 'bubble' bound for the gas giant's cloud cities.”
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Start with Refugee →

The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Military science fiction.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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Start with Dauntless →

includes Outlands (The Lost Fleet), The Genesis Fleet, The Lost Stars, Beyond the Frontier

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