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universe18 books1959

Science fiction.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
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Start with The Rowan →

includes Tower and the Hive, Talents (Anne McCaffrey)

Slave ShipNovel

Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1957

Science fiction, dark in tone, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“The scene is a world in the throes of a low-intensity global war, which appears to be an amplified representation of the Vietnam War, in which the U.S. was just beginning to be involved.”
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Azean EmpireSeries

series2 books1987

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

“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
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Start with In Conquest Born →

LensmanUniverse

universe19 books1934

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

“Before the genre had a name, there was the Lens: a jewel of living force forged by the sages of Arisia, keyed to a single mind and worn only by the incorruptible few chosen to guard a galaxy.”
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Start with Triplanetary →

includes Authorized Lensmen Trilogy

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.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

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

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, set in far future and space.

“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, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

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