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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction, adventurous 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

JanissariesSeries

series4 books1979

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about slavery.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue

Start with Janissaries →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Mote in God's Eye →

includes Moties, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen, Falkenberg's Legion

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, Saganami Island, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Heavy Time →

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

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