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Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Military science fiction and space opera.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Pattern for ConquestNovel
George O. Smithstandalone novel1949
Space opera, about political intrigue.
NovaNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968
Space opera, about quests and revenge.
“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
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Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Military science fiction, about coming of age and aliens.
Fallen DragonNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2001
Space opera.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds