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Jean le FlambeurSeries
series3 books2010
Space opera, about virtual reality, set in space.
“Jean le Flambeur is a master thief broken out of a virtual prison to pull off one more impossible heist, in a solar system reshaped by uploaded minds, post-human factions, and economies built on memory and privacy themselves.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Quantum Thief →
Ender's GameUniverse
universe39 books1977
Science fiction, set in far future.
“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ender's Game →
includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School
PandoraSeries
series4 books1966
About survival.
“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue
Start with Destination: Void →
AuroraNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2015
About space colonization and survival, set in spaceship and generation ship.
HeecheeSeries
series19 books1972
completed
Space opera, about aliens, set in space.
“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 →
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries
series8 books1976
Space opera, set in space.
Start with The Outcasts of Heaven Belt →