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  • Cover of Foundation Universe
    FoundationUniverse

    universe · 123 books · 1940

    About robots.

    “There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Foundation →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+3 more

    includes Trantorian Empire, Foundation, The Positronic Robot Stories, Second Foundation Trilogy, The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Original Stories)

  • Cover of Vorkosigan
    VorkosiganUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1986

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Shards of Honor →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespace operaother star systems+3 more

    includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

  • Cover of Quadrail
    QuadrailSeries

    series · 5 books · 2005

    About aliens.

    “Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Night Train to Rigel →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurepolitical intriguespacemysteriousspace opera+4 more

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    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 →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespaceother star systems+2 more

    includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    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 →

    similar byscience fictionfar future+5 more

    includes Company Wars, Unionside, Chanur, Age of Exploration, The Hinder Stars, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Hanan Rebellion

  • Cover of Commonwealth Universe
    CommonwealthUniverse

    universe · 12 books · 2002

    Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

    “Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dreaming Void →

    similar byscience fictionfar futurespace opera+4 more

    includes Void Trilogy, Commonwealth Saga, Chronicle of the Fallers