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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space.
“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, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Military science fiction, about war and coming of age, set in space.
The Colors of SpaceNovel
Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963
Space opera, mysterious in tone, about space exploration, set in space.
“The Lhari seem peaceful and friendly, but they go to some lengths to protect their monopoly on faster-than-light travel.”
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UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift, set in space.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in space.
“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
Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
Space opera, about slavery.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →