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The Dosadi ExperimentNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977
About aliens and survival.
“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.
“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, War World, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about slavery.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue
Start with Janissaries →
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in space.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction, set in space.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Manticore Ascendant
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, Company Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside, Age of Exploration