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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956

About political intrigue, set in mars.

“Lorenzo Smythe, the excellent yet unemployed actor, meets Dak Broadbent in a bar.”
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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957

Space opera, about coming of age and slavery, set in other star systems.

“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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The Stars My DestinationNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956

Space opera, about revenge and survival, set in other star systems.

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

Childe CycleSeries

series19 books1957

Military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
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Start with Act of Creation →

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

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