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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, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars

  • Cover of Heechee
    HeecheeSeries

    series · 19 books · 1972

    completed

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

    “The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gateway →

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  • Cover of The Colors of Space
    The Colors of SpaceNovel

    Marion Zimmer Bradley · standalone novel · 1963

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

    “The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”

    from the catalogue

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  • 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 The Avatar
    The AvatarNovel

    Poul Anderson · standalone novel · 1978

    About aliens and political intrigue, set in other star systems.

    “With the aid of the political opposition, they escape and journey through the portal in search of knowledge, and perhaps even to meet those who created the portal system.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
    Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

    series · 16 books · 1983

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

    “Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Engines of God →

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