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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, Laurie Jo Hansen, War World

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    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 →

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    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Old Man's War
    Old Man's WarSeries

    series · 16 books · 2005

    Military science fiction, about war.

    “Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Old Man's War →

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  • Cover of Uplift Universe
    UpliftUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1980

    About uplift.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sundiver →

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    includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    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 →

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

  • Cover of Cities in Flight
    Cities in FlightSeries

    series · 10 books · 1950

    completed

    About space colonization.

    “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 →

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