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  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    About aliens, set in spaceship.

    “Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Rendezvous with Rama →

    similar byscience fictionspace+4 more

    includes Rama (2)

  • Cover of Cities in Flight
    Cities in FlightSeries

    series · 10 books · 1950

    completed

    Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.

    “The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with They Shall Have Stars →

    similar byscience fictionspace colonizationfar futurespacespace opera+2 more

  • Cover of Uplift Universe
    UpliftUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1980

    About uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.

    “No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sundiver →

    similar byadventurousscience fictionfar futurespacespace opera+2 more

    includes Uplift Storm, Uplift

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    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 →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespace+3 more

    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Ender's Game Universe
    Ender's GameUniverse

    universe · 39 books · 1977

    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 →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+3 more

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

  • Cover of Future History
    Future HistorySeries

    series · 42 books · 1939

    completed

    Science fiction.

    “The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Life-Line →

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