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Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
About coming of age and aliens.
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Space opera.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Space opera, tense in tone.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Tense in tone, about political intrigue and slavery.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue
Start with Janissaries →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Space opera.
“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 →
includes Honor Harrington, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
StenSeries
series11 books1982
completed
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sten →