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A Different LightNovel
Elizabeth A. Lynnstandalone novel1978
Bittersweet in tone, about space exploration and loneliness.
“Twenty if he stayed in space-normal, where his disease could be treated.”
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VorkosiganUniverse
universe27 books1986
Set in other star systems.
“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
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Start with Shards of Honor →
includes Cordelia Vorkosigan, Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies
RadchaaiUniverse
universe11 books2012
About political intrigue, set in other star systems.
“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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Start with Ancillary Justice →
includes Imperial Radch
The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Adventurous in tone, about revenge and survival, set in other star systems.
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age and slavery, set in other star systems.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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RedshirtsNovel
John Scalzistandalone novel2012
Satire, funny in tone.