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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in space.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

Catteni SequenceSeries

series5 books1970

completed

Space opera, about slavery and aliens.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

HeorotSeries

series4 books1987

Science fiction, about space colonization, set in other star systems and far future.

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
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Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in space.

“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 Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

Bronson BetaSeries

series5 books1933

Science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The two novels form a self-contained disaster-and-survival duology.”
from the catalogue

Start with When Worlds Collide →

Cities in FlightSeries

series10 books1950

completed

Space opera, set in space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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