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series5 books1990

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”
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Start with The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story →

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1977

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“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.”
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ProvidenceNovel

Max Barrystandalone novel2020

Space opera and military science fiction, about war.

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Thousand WorldsSeries

series24 books1971

Set in other star systems.

“George R.R. Martin's Thousand Worlds is a loose future-history setting he used for several of his 1970s-80s stories and novels, encompassing human interstellar colonization and encounters with older, stranger civilizations.”
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Start with The Hero →

Space BeagleSeries

series5 books1939

completed

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about space exploration.

Start with Black Destroyer →

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