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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.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Whipping StarNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970
First contact.
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“With the aid of the political opposition, they escape and journey through the portal in search of knowledge, and perhaps even to meet those who created the portal system.”
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Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
About coming of age, set in spaceship and other star systems.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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universe12 books2002
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.
“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Dreaming Void →
includes Void Trilogy, Commonwealth Saga, Chronicle of the Fallers
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, Company Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Unionside, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration