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VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, tense in tone.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
NovaNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968
About quests.
“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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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Dark in tone, about survival and identity.
Against a Dark BackgroundNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993
Tense in tone, about heist and magical artifacts.
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Expanded Honorverse, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
Alexandria StationUniverse
universe57 books2014
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Cut the drives and drift a moment: out here the galaxy has been sliced into star-nations, and two of them are always at each other's throats.”
from the catalogue
Start with Auberon →
includes The Science Officer, Republic of Aquitaine Era, Alexandria Station Stories, Handsome Rob