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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, The Hinder Stars, Chanur, Unionside, Mri Wars, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration
Fallen DragonNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2001
Adventurous in tone.
NemesisNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1989
About ecological collapse, set in our world.
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Adventurous in tone, about uplift and aliens.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
Pax / AstraSeries
series2 books1954
completed
Adventurous in tone, about survival.
“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Stars Are Ours! →