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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.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

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.”
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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration, Company Wars, Unionside, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

Space BeagleSeries

series5 books1939

completed

Space opera, adventurous in tone, about space exploration.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Thousand WorldsSeries

series24 books1971

Set in other star systems.

“George R.R. Martin's Thousand Worlds is a loose future-history setting he used for several of his 1970s-80s stories and novels, encompassing human interstellar colonization and encounters with older, stranger civilizations.”
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Start with The Hero →

Forever WarSeries

series10 books1972

Military science fiction.

Start with Hero →

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