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Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1972

About survival, set in other star systems.

“If your number came up, you joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from overcrowded Earth.”
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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.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

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

Red RisingSeries

series13 books2014

Dystopia, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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Start with Red Rising →

WolflingNovel

Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1969

Adventurous in tone, about aliens and political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“Jim was just another wolfling to Afuan - a lesser being from a backward colony world.”
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Bio of a Space TyrantSeries

series6 books1983

Dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in outer planets & moons.

“Teenager Hope Hubris and his family flee the Jupiter moon Callisto after their home becomes unlivable, joining a crowded convoy of refugees crammed into a barely spaceworthy 'bubble' bound for the gas giant's cloud cities.”
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Start with Refugee →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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.”
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Start with Ringworld →

includes Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld

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