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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in far future and 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 →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about survival, set in near future.
“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
from the catalogue
GaeanSeries
series3 books1979
completed
Space opera, set in outer planets & moons and far future.
“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
from the catalogue
Start with Titan →
UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift, set in far future and other star systems.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in far future and other star systems.
“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, The Founding of the Commonwealth, Icerigger Trilogy
Space BeagleSeries
series5 books1939
completed
Space opera, tense in tone, set in far future and spaceship.
Start with Black Destroyer →