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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Dark in tone, about revenge and identity.
Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
About slavery.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue
Start with Freedom's Landing →
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series
series59 books1963
Tense in tone, about robots and artificial intelligence.
Start with Berserker →
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
About uplift.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Tense in tone, about space exploration, set in spaceship.
Start with Black Destroyer →
WolflingNovel
Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1969
Tense in tone, about political intrigue and class conflict.
“Jim was just another wolfling to Afuan - a lesser being from a backward colony world.”
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