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Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in far future.
“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.”
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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Set in far future.
“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
The Colors of SpaceNovel
Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1963
Space opera, mysterious in tone, set in far future.
“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 far future.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift Storm, Uplift
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Space opera, about coming of age, set in far future.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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