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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 →
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Set in space.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in 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 Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
The Colors of SpaceNovel
Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963
Mysterious in tone, about space exploration, set in space.
“The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”
from the catalogue
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in space.
“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue
Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth
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 Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside, Company Wars, Age of Exploration