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  • Cover of Space Beagle
    Space BeagleSeries

    series · 5 books · 1939

    completed

    About aliens.

    Start with Black Destroyer →

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  • Cover of The Stars My Destination
    The Stars My DestinationNovel

    Alfred Bester · standalone novel · 1956

    Dark in tone, about revenge and identity.

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  • Cover of Cities in Flight
    Cities in FlightSeries

    series · 10 books · 1950

    completed

    About space colonization.

    “The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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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, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, The Hinder Stars, Unionside, Era of Rapprochement

  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    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 →

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    includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds

  • Cover of Central Control
    Central ControlSeries

    series · 2 books · 1953

    completed

    Science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in far future and space.

    “Andre Norton's Central Control novels are a loose future history that sketches the rise of a galactic empire through events echoing Norton's own reading of Terran history rather than following one continuing cast.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Star Rangers →

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