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  • Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Universe
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

    universe · 18 books · 1979

    Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, set in far future and space.

    “The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →

    similar byfar futurefunnyscience fictionspacehumor+4 more

    includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently

  • Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat
    The Stainless Steel RatSeries

    series · 21 books · 1957

    completed

    About con artists.

    “An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

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  • Cover of CoDominium
    CoDominiumUniverse

    universe · 98 books · 1971

    Military science fiction.

    “The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

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    includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and 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 →

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    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Starship Troopers
    Starship TroopersNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1959

    Military science fiction, about war.

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  • Cover of Polity
    PolityUniverse

    universe · 72 books · 1992

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

    “The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Shadow of the Scorpion →

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    includes Ian Cormac, Spatterjay, Transformation, Rise of the Jain, Time's Shadow