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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Heavy Time →
includes Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Unionside, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
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 →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.
“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 →
includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds
Cities in FlightSeries
series10 books1950
completed
Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.
“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with They Shall Have Stars →
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