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Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012
Hard science fiction, about space colonization and ecological collapse, set in space.
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 Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds
NovaNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968
Space opera, about quests and revenge, set in space.
“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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UpliftUniverse
universe13 books1980
Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in space.
“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sundiver →
includes Uplift, Uplift Storm
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
Space opera, about coming of age and identity.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Military science fiction and space opera, about war, set in space.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →