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

  • Cover of Vatta
    VattaUniverse

    universe · 10 books · 2003

    Military science fiction.

    “Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Trading in Danger →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspaceadventuroustensespace operaother star systems+3 more

    includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace

  • 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 byfar futurescience fictionspaceother star systems+4 more

    includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    About political intrigue.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspace operaother star systems+1 more

    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

  • Cover of Honorverse
    HonorverseUniverse

    universe · 83 books · 1993

    Military science fiction.

    “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 →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspacespace operaother star systems+3 more

    includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Wages of Sin, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Expanded Honorverse, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)

  • Cover of Uplift Universe
    UpliftUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1980

    About uplift and aliens.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sundiver →

    similar byfar futurescience fictionspaceadventurousspace operaother star systems+1 more

    includes Uplift, Uplift Storm