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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 Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Solar QueenSeries

series7 books1955

Space opera.

“Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sargasso of Space →

HeecheeSeries

series19 books1972

completed

Space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue

Start with Gateway →

Space BeagleSeries

series5 books1939

completed

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Pushing IceNovel

Alastair Reynoldsstandalone novel2005

Hard science fiction and first contact, about aliens, set in other star systems.

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