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Whipping StarNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1970
First contact, about political intrigue.
“From Amazon: In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species.”
from the catalogue
The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
Tense in tone.
Start with Hidden Empire →
Fifth ImperiumSeries
series3 books1991
Tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in space.
“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mutineers' Moon →
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in other star systems and 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
LensmanUniverse
universe19 books1934
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, set in far future and galactic scale.
“Before the genre had a name, there was the Lens: a jewel of living force forged by the sages of Arisia, keyed to a single mind and worn only by the incorruptible few chosen to guard a galaxy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Triplanetary →
includes Authorized Lensmen Trilogy, Vortex Blaster, New Lensman
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space and 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