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Against a Dark BackgroundNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993
Science fiction, tense in tone, about heist and found family.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, 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 →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
The Pendragon Legacy (Susan Kearney)Series
series3 books2009
Space opera and romantasy, adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts, set in far future and space.
“THEIR LOVE IS FORBIDDEN Healer and high priestess of her people, Lady Cael is fated to life without a mate.”
from the catalogue
Start with Lucan →
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
Science fiction, about coming of age and identity.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
from the catalogue
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Science fiction, about space exploration and coming of age.
“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
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Science fiction, about aliens.
“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue
Start with For Love of Mother-Not →
includes Pip & Flinx, Icerigger Trilogy, The Founding of the Commonwealth