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PolityUniverse

universe72 books1992

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

“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
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Start with Shadow of the Scorpion →

includes Ian Cormac, Transformation, Rise of the Jain, Spatterjay, Time's Shadow

BirthrightUniverse

universe48 books1981

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

“Around that spine turns a shelf of sub-cycles, sorted along the ages the race passes through as it rises and falls — Republic, Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, Anarchy.”
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Start with Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future →

includes Oracle, Widowmaker, Far Future History, Dead Enders, Starship (Resnick), Tales of the Velvet Comet, Chronicles of Distant Worlds, Tales of the Galactic Midway

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

Rehumanization of Jade DarcySeries

series2 books1988

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, set in far future and space.

“Jade Darcy, a Computer Augmented Recon Commando, has gone AWOL and is serving as a bouncer at an extremely remote planet from Earth.”
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Start with Jade Darcy and the Affair of Honor →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld

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