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Space BeagleSeries

series5 books1939

completed

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about space exploration.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Pushing IceNovel

Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005

Hard science fiction and first contact, about space exploration, set in other star systems.

Alliance-UnionUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Heavy Time →

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

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“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 Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“Dosadi is rumored to be an experimental planet, and the experimenters are the froglike Gowachin, whose culture is founded upon a strange legal system in which McKie is the only human ever trained.”
from the catalogue

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

includes Moties, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World, Falkenberg's Legion

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