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  • Cover of Forge of God
    Forge of GodSeries

    series · 2 books · 1987

    completed

    Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about aliens and survival.

    “Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Forge of God →

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  • Cover of Xan-Sskarn War
    Xan-Sskarn WarSeries

    series · 1 book · 2010

    Military science fiction and space opera, about revenge.

    “Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ragnarok →

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  • 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 Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of The Dosadi Experiment
    The Dosadi ExperimentNovel

    Frank Herbert · standalone novel · 1977

    Space opera, about political intrigue.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Armor
    ArmorNovel

    John Steakley · standalone novel · 1984

    Military science fiction, about madness.

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  • Cover of Pushing Ice
    Pushing IceNovel

    Alastair Reynolds · standalone novel · 2005

    Hard science fiction and first contact, about space exploration, set in spaceship.

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