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universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in 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 →

includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

series11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

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

HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

Space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue

Start with Gateway →

The Stars My DestinationNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956

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

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

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