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  • Cover of Quadrail
    QuadrailSeries

    series · 5 books · 2005

    Space opera, about aliens and political intrigue.

    “Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”

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    Start with Night Train to Rigel →

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  • Cover of The Demolished Man
    The Demolished ManNovel

    Alfred Bester · standalone novel · 1953

    About psychic powers, set in our world.

    “In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”

    from the catalogue

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

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    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 →

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    includes Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Alex Benedict
    Alex BenedictSeries

    series · 13 books · 1987

    Set in other star systems.

    “Alex Benedict is an antiques dealer and part-time interstellar investigator, generations removed from Earth's first starfaring age, who keeps stumbling into forgotten history through the objects and ruins he trades in.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Talent for War →

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  • Cover of Vorkosigan
    VorkosiganUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1986

    Space opera, set in other star systems.

    “Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Shards of Honor →

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    includes Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies, Cordelia Vorkosigan