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Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968

Space opera, about quests and revenge, set in other star systems.

“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
from the catalogue

Against a Dark BackgroundNovel

Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993

Space opera, about heist and magical artifacts, set in other star systems.

StarstreamSeries

series2 books1989

completed

Space opera, tense in tone, set in other star systems.

“The two were published within a year of each other under the same author.”
from the catalogue

Start with From a Changeling Star →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“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

Space opera, set in 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

MatadorSeries

series9 books1985

Space opera, tense in tone, set in other star systems.

Start with The Man Who Never Missed →

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