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NovaNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968
Space opera, about quests and revenge, set in space.
“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
from the catalogue
DurdaneSeries
series3 books1973
completed
About aliens.
“The trilogy, as a whole, portrays his rise from common boy to the autocrat The Anome, and finally, as a saviour of his world against the alien Asutra of the third book.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Anome →
Big PlanetSeries
series2 books1952
completed
About survival.
“Jack Vance's 1957 novel — an early landmark of the fully realized planetary-romance setting — got a single sequel decades later, Showboat World, revisiting the same world without continuing Glystra's story.”
from the catalogue
Start with Big Planet →
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in space.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
Genesis QuestSeries
series2 books1986
completed
About aliens.
“Aliens receive radio signals containing full DNA info, and reconstruct humanity.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Genesis Quest →
GaeanSeries
series3 books1979
completed
Space opera, about aliens, set in outer planets & moons and space.
“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
from the catalogue
Start with Titan →