More like Galactic Empires Volume Two

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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
About aliens.
Start with Hidden Empire →
StenSeries
series11 books1982
completed
Military science fiction, set in space.
“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sten →
FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
About robots.
“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue
Start with Foundation →
includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories), The Positronic Robot Stories
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, set in space and other star systems.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction, set in other star systems and space.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Saganami Island, Wages of Sin, Expanded Honorverse, Manticore Ascendant, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
Mistworld UniverseSeries
series12 books1992
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and galactic scale.
Start with Mistworld →