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Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Military science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
“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
Fallen DragonNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2001
Space opera and science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space colonization, set in far future and space.
The Lost FleetUniverse
universe27 books2006
Space opera and military science fiction, set in far future and space.
“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dauntless →
includes The Genesis Fleet, The Lost Stars, Beyond the Frontier, Outlands (The Lost Fleet)
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, Chanur, The Hinder Stars, Mri Wars, Unionside, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Space opera and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Expanded Honorverse, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Honor Harrington Universe short fiction