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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 →

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

  • 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 →

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

  • Cover of Rama
    RamaUniverse

    universe · 7 books · 1973

    About aliens.

    “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 →

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    includes Rama (2)

  • Cover of Space Beagle
    Space BeagleSeries

    series · 5 books · 1939

    completed

    Tense in tone, about aliens.

    Start with Black Destroyer →

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  • Cover of Starman Jones
    Starman JonesNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1953

    About coming of age, set in other star systems.

    “Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”

    from the catalogue

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  • 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 →

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    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds