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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
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 →
includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
About aliens.
Start with Black Destroyer →
Central ControlSeries
series2 books1953
completed
Set in other star systems.
“Andre Norton's Central Control novels are a loose future history that sketches the rise of a galactic empire through events echoing Norton's own reading of Terran history rather than following one continuing cast.”
from the catalogue
Start with Star Rangers →
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 Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside
The Lost FleetUniverse
universe27 books2006
Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.
“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dauntless →
includes Beyond the Frontier, Outlands (The Lost Fleet), The Genesis Fleet, The Lost Stars
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Set in 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