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universe27 books1986

Space opera.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue

Start with Shards of Honor →

includes Miles Vorkosigan, Quaddies, Cordelia Vorkosigan

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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.”
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Start with Dune →

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

Old Man's WarSeries

series16 books2005

Military science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, 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 →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

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, Falkenberg's Legion, Laurie Jo Hansen

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

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