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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
Science fiction and space opera, tense and adventurous in tone, about aliens and war, set in far future and galactic scale.
Start with Hidden Empire →
The Final ArchitectureSeries
series6 books2021
About space exploration, set in other star systems.
“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue
Start with Shards of Earth →
Fifth ImperiumSeries
series3 books1991
About artificial intelligence.
“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mutineers' Moon →
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.”
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Start with Heavy Time →
includes Mri Wars, Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, Unionside
Hour of the HordeNovel
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Military science fiction.
“Annihilating everything before it, a horde of monstrous space travellers were advancing through the stars.”
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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
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.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds