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Known SpaceUniverse
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 Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Set in other star systems.
“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 →
includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen
ThistledownSeries
series5 books1978
completed
Hard science fiction.
Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →
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
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens.
Start with Black Destroyer →
Central ControlSeries
series2 books1953
completed
Adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.
“Andre Norton's Central Control novels are a loose future history that sketches the rise of a galactic empire through events echoing Norton's own reading of Terran history rather than following one continuing cast.”
from the catalogue
Start with Star Rangers →