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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens, 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
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Set in other star systems.
“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, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Expanded Honorverse, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Set in other star systems.
“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
The Lost FleetUniverse
universe27 books2006
Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.
“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dauntless →
includes Outlands (The Lost Fleet), Beyond the Frontier, The Genesis Fleet, The Lost Stars
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
About uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm
Fifth ImperiumSeries
series3 books1991
About artificial intelligence and aliens.
“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mutineers' Moon →